Duane Sherrill There comes a time when you have to let your kids walk on their own, even if it means a few bumps and bruises from falling down. Unfortunately, this is a lesson too many parents and other loved ones are yet to learn as they are repeatedly victimized by a son, daughter, brother…

William Rusher For a good many years, it has been a fair question whether or not the United Nations is more trouble than it’s worth. For the first 15 years of its existence, from 1945 to 1960, it served its purpose as a handy forum for the world’s variegated nations, and even occasionally served a…

Joan Ryan Of all the toy kitchen utensils on the table, the 4-year-old boy picked up the knife. “This is like the knife in my dream,’ he told the University of California therapist. She was working with the child and his mother to help him stop biting and hitting his playmates and erupting into tantrums…

Our Viewpoint As we prepare to be with our families and celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, we should pause for a moment of reflection. Thanksgiving is an annual reminder that our lives are so full of opportunities and so free of many basic needs. The simple things in life we all require to survive – food, shelter,…

Presented by the Department of Urban Forestry There are many hawthorns available but this is a widely known and accepted variety for its special features. Winter King is a small tree, getting about 25 to 30 feet tall and wide in 30 years. It is tolerant of all things urban such as heat, drought, compaction,…

Mark A. Halcomb UT Area Nursery Specialist Morton Arboretum in Chicago is coordinating an industry-wide working group formed to find solutions for tree decline and death in the landscape due to excessive amounts of soil over the root systems of field and container produced ornamentals. The working group includes representatives from the American Nursery &…

James Clark photo Armando Velazquez and Rodolfo Mendiola spent three hours digging out this holly with a 56-inch root ball in front of Masonry Systems. The two are employees with Bush Gardens Nursery.

J. Dale Beaty Extension Leader Dr. Melvin Newman, UT Extension Specialist, sent me the following information about Asian Soybean Rust. Soybean rust is a fungus disease of soybeans and many other cultivated legumes such as peas and beans. It has the ability to spread by wind-blown spores over long distances and under suitable climatic conditions,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven’t even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns — in the sky and on the…