Antlers can do significant, although not usually fatal, damage to tree trunks and branches. (Penn State University) Q: We have a young dappled willow tree that has severe, splintered bark damage from ...

Q. I recently moved to Redding and everywhere I go I see tree trunks that look like they’ve been painted white. I even saw some that were painted a light blue. Can you tell me why folks do this? A.

It was 1965 and I found myself at a long table with my fellow kindergarten classmates. Our teacher, Miss Edquist, handed white construction paper to each of us. As classical ...