Christmas brings a lot of excitement with sparkling lights; festive decorations; and, of course, the Christmas tree.

They often end up in landfills, decomposing and releasing methane, a greenhouse gas more than 25 times as powerful as carbon ...

But if you happen to have a real Christmas tree, don't throw it out just yet. You might not need it for hanging ornaments ...

Q: Why do some of my Christmas cactuses develop a woody stem that eventually rots and falls off? We don’t overwater them. A couple of them will develop the woody stems. I usually break them off, save ...

Christmas is over and the tree has long been hauled down - but if you still have your old Christmas tree, you should consider ...

Your dried-up Christmas tree could be a fire risk. Every year, there are hundreds of Christmas tree fires across the country.

On winter walks, note dead limbs and branches and prune them back. If you see exposed crowns of perennial plants, push them ...

It’s time to un-deck those “live” balsams, Fraser firs and pines. But instead of sending real Christmas trees off to a ...

If you bought your live tree in the first flush of festive spirits, chances are it'll be looking past its use-by date by now.

The holiday season has wrapped up but many people still have Christmas trees, particularly if they are the kind you can't ...