OAK HARBOR - An easy way to plant quality native trees and shrubs is through the Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District, which is taking orders for a wide variety of plants for spring delivery.

The gardening season never ends. We already are beginning to miss the fresh ripened tomatoes, local roadside stands offering sweet corn and the fresh-cut flowers to fill our vases. Colors in the ...

Leaves – Evergreen needles; ½ -1” in length, flat, and attached directly to the twig via a small peg. Needles are dark green above, with prominent glaucous white stomatal bands ... The point of ...

There are several evergreen trees which you can grow if you have acidic soil. Among the top contenders are the Colorado blue spruce, the Canadian hemlock, and the Eastern white pine! The first ...