Farmers and scientists are concerned Hurricane Helene floodwaters may have spread a deadly fungus to the region's beloved ...

Choosing a Christmas tree. Kissing under the mistletoe. Many people enjoy these fun traditions during the holiday season. But ...

Christmas tree farms are staring down a new set of dangers, including climate change-fueled weather disasters and a shifting ...

We visit Christmas tree farmers in North Carolina hit hard by Hurricane Helene. Plus, old-school restaurants and the Arctic tundra.

Christmas is over, which means the Fraser fir in your living room will soon meet its end on cold pavement. As many as 30 ...

Nothing says the holidays are over like a dry Christmas tree. Instead of putting trees in the trash, Bonton Farms in South ...

Cut the tree into small pieces or mulch it to use in garden pots or landscaping, which will return nutrients to the soil. Depending on the type of gardening you’re doing and the type of tree you have, ...

Is it time to get rid of that wilting, drying out and browning Christmas tree? Goats will gobble them up as the gift that ...

The most popular breeds of Christmas trees are the Fraser fir, Douglas fir and Noble fir. Now, Chastagner is experimenting ...

There are several farms in Massachusetts whose goats and other animals would love to munch on your unwanted Christmas tree.

When I buy a Christmas tree it is generally a fir, a balsam fir, or its close cousin the Fraser fir. Only once have I ever bought a spruce for a Christmas tree, and still remember the pain ...