FEED THE LAWN: Apply a fertilizer to your lawn over the next three weeks. Use a lawn fertilizer and follow label directions ...

Mulching is often put on the back burner in favor of more immediate concerns. Like so many other chores, mulching gets ...

Hair conditioner made using lignin, a polymer found in wood and bark, works just as well as a commercial product - as long as you don't mind the smell ...

Blue gum eucalyptus has a bad reputation for being a “fire-prone” tree. It has flammable oils and shredding bark that may fly ...

“I started practising at the age of 10. You could say that for 77 years I’ve been fiddling with birch bark,” says Pekkarinen. While wood is generally perceived as a robust and inflexible ...

It is most commonly known as Osage orange, but other names include hedge, hedge-apple, yellow-wood, bowwood, Osage apple, and ...

“Maybe peanut shells are not technically wood, but every time I eat one it reminds of of the times I’ve had to eat bark to survive. So, in my house, peanut shells are considered “honorary wood.” Plus, ...