Black locust wood posts lasted four decades in vineyards with little decay, highlighting the durability of this naturally rot ...

Q: Attached are two photos of a thorn tree I came across while cutting firewood. I've never seen anything like it – thorns encircling the entire trunk, and huge thorns (5 to 6 inches long) at that.

In December, the arborists came to our backyard to prune our locust tree, some of whose larger branches had died and were breaking off from the trunk. The workers expertly tossed their ropes and ...