TREES

Though it will still have its traditional grand opening on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 24 at 4 p.m., Lake Park's 17th Annual Parade of Trees will look a bit different this year, with a new home (at the corner of State Highway 10 and County Highway 5) and an expanded schedule. It will be open on three weekends this holiday season, with the last day scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11.

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler also answers questions about when to plant apple trees in the fall and the cause of tree leaf scorch.

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about powdery mildew, as well as a trick to mulching around trees and how to know when squash is ripe and ready to be picked.

Northern Minnesota research published in the journal Nature found modest warming may devastate some tree species.

"An 80 mph wind ripped through our farmstead near Larimore, North Dakota, toppling trees, some of which landed in inopportune places."

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler addresses how to remove trunk suckers or basal suckers, and also answers questions about reworking a perennial flower bed and mulching around a tree.

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler says it's about the most common question he receives: why maple trees are doing poorly in some landscapes. Often, iron chlorosis is to blame.

"Fielding Questions" columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about a damaged chokecherry tree, as well as how to control the common weed purslane and if it makes sense to fertilize yards right now.

"Fielding Questions" columnist Don Kinzler replies to a reader concerned his cottonwood is dying prematurely.