The Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery recommends leaving burls on the tree. They could be part of an interesting discussion ...

On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

One or more vandals are cutting chunks of sought-after wood from maple trees in Corvallis’ Willamette Park. Officials say the illegal poaching will likely kill the trees. The burls, rounded masses of ...

I have a symmetrical burl from a spruce tree that I cut in half to make a table. The cracks in the burl were filled with epoxy tinted black, and left to cure. Then the epoxy was sanded to a high sheen ...

I’ve had my eye on this maple in my woods for some time. Not because it’s a beautiful timber tree. It’s only about 8 inches in diameter, after all. But it has an interesting burl about 14 feet up the ...