Camphor tree is prone to decay and structural problems due to its growth habit, making it prone to failure of large branches or entire trees in even minor Florida storms. Photo by Mindy Mohrman.

Snuggled beneath the canopy of a magnificent camphor tree sits a trim one-and-a-half story home that belies its age. The home was built in 1905 at the beginning of the Craftsman era, and one suspects ...

Although it will be a fair amount of work, building a twig fence is fun and you will get a nice sense of thrifty accomplishment out of repurposing your tree trimmings. With its delicate beauty ...

Your tree has a case of twig pruners (twig girdlers). These are the larva of a beetle; the life cycle starts in the spring when the female lays her eggs in the ends of small twigs on a live branch.