Want to remove a tree stump in your yard? This popular bathroom staple might do the trick — but only if you’re not in a hurry ...

When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a … ...

Pour 3 to 4 ounces of tree stump removal chemicals into each of the holes in granule form, then fill the holes with water so the chemicals can soak in. Wait 4 to 6 weeks for the chemicals to ...

Bacterial wetwood, also known as slime flux, is a major bole or trunk rot. The tree, when infected, tries its best to compartmentalize the damage by "weeping" sap.

Q: Our Japanese cherry tree trunk is decaying at the base, starting 10 inches above the soil line. My wife thinks it’s termite or ant damage. The damage begins where I removed a limb years ago ...

This would probably be illegal and might well kill whatever was living on the rotting tree stump, though. Better to have decomposing wood in a garden. If you have a dying tree, let it die.

Q: Should I evict the squirrel who lives in the hole in my golden rain tree’s trunk? There is some rotting on the cut stump. Should it be filled with concrete, or is there a better way to repair it?

This would probably be illegal and might well kill whatever was living on the rotting tree stump, though. “Better to have decomposing wood in a garden. If you have a dying tree, let it die.