All oak is not created equal. Here’s why the type of barrel used to age your wine matters and how it impacts what’s in your glass. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event ...

Texas forest officials are trying to stop residents from pruning their trees in the new year to guard against a deadly tree disease known as oak wilt. Winter is typically the best time to trim trees, ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

One of the easiest ways to tell a red oak from a white oak is by looking at the leaves. Red oak leaves have pointed lobes and white oak leaves have rounded ones. (Adobe Stock / Field & Stream) Leaves ...