Q: We planted a live oak tree 51 years ago — the year we bought our house. Unfortunately, we planted it too close to the house and the driveway. Last year, it broke up half of the driveway with its ...

Many San Antonio neighborhoods are blessed with large live oak trees, some of which have had their flare roots buried in years past to better meet the landscape owner’s idea of a more attractive ...

For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs ...

I have multiple roots from a live oak running along my front yard. I would like to grind them down with a wood carver disc, so the bottom deck and blade of my rider mower do not get torn up. I thought ...

Trees are famously anchored beings. They grow where they happen to be, their branches reaching ever closer to the sky as their roots keep them firmly in place. One particular tree — a live oak — was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These roots were cut too close to the trunk. We don’t often think about the roots of trees until there is a problem. A forester ...

One morning in early November, a large excavator pulled into the driveway of Joseph Evans’ home in Gentilly Terrace and started breaking apart his driveway apron and sidewalk. In the process, it also ...

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has begun trenching, starting on Eastwood, across Trask bridge, and onto Salisbury Street to place a new water main. Local resident, Laura Lunsford, expressed ...

I have heard from a few residents who live in subdivisions where they are beginning to remove all the large trees (oaks, magnolia, etc.) because they are causing damage to the sidewalks or filling up ...

With thick ropy roots, sprawling branches and lush canopy, the iconic Louisiana live oak tree has inspired writers and artists and is beloved by all. The state is fortunate to have Southern live oak ...