I am very privileged to garden in a large space which allows me to plant a range of trees, from those that will ultimately be large, park-like specimens to smaller, more decorative garden trees. For ...

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In the Chicago suburbs and near Galena, I have planted trees in soil that had a lot of clay. I always dug the hole at least 25 percent deeper than the root ball and refilled that portion with ...