Installing a wooden fence is a great way to enhance your home's privacy while also adding to your curb appeal. Cedar is a durable type of wood that makes a great choice for fence pickets; it can last ...

The waxy needles of Eastern red cedar help make it drought tolerant, but the invasive species exacerbates drought conditions. Soil water content is lower where red cedar trees have encroached, as the ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

On the easternmost edge of Long Island's South Fork, the weather is "unforgiving," said Montauk-based builder Jason Biondo. "The hot, the cold, the wind, the rain, the snow," detailed Biondo, who grew ...

Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette Valley stands a dead "Tree of Life." Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether. Nonetheless, the tree’s reddish bark, ...