You probably aren’t watering or pruning the 75-foot oak or maple in the front yard, but mature trees aren’t maintenance free.

I can give you 90 million reasons to plant a tree and not one reason not to, unless you are not interested in caring for that tree during your lifetime. Trees grow slowly, heal slowly, and die slowly.

Trees are not passive bystanders but actively sense and respond to threats. They detect insect and animal attacks through ...