DEAR REGINA: It isn’t entirely clear from your email whether you’re trying to prevent or control a leafminer infestation. I wouldn’t recommend using chemicals as a preventive measure on healthy ...

Q. I hate those sweet gum balls. I heard there is a way to prevent them. Can you tell me more? Does anyone have any good use for the blasted things? I know those hanging are going to start dropping ...

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Most people have a love/hate relationship with sweet gum trees. They love the unique leaf shape, with its five- to seven-pointed star, and the colorful red, yellow or purple shades the leaves turn in ...

Tree removal is necessary by Carla Gable is a well written article and why I love The Norman Transcript. Although, I still think the copy/paste articles by the President Trump Gang of Hate mob should ...

Their name — sweetgum balls — sounds like a tasty dessert treat, but they present an unappetizing prospect for homeowners. The spiky balls that fall from sweetgum trees can be a source of extreme ...

Ninety-one-year-old West Ashley resident Russell Horres has had a love-hate relationship with his sweet gum tree. When it was a tiny sprout, he babied it. But now that it’s a 70-foot-tall monster, ...

Most people who have Sweet Gum trees develop a “love-hate” relationship with their tree or trees. These trees have pretty star-shaped leaves with either 5 or 7 points. They grow pyramidal in shape to ...

Q : This young tree just showed up in my yard (see reader's photo). Do you know what kind it is? A : It looks like a small sweet gum tree. They are beautiful trees in the fall, but they will produce ...

MARIETTA – Turn your trash into artwork, make something useful out of those little spiked balls that fall from Marietta’s sweet gum trees, share some recycling ideas or learn how to build an ...

I have three furry "children" that meow instead of speak. Occasionally they want to dig in my houseplants. I have come up with a way to stop this behavior in its tracks. I collected sweet-gum balls ...