If space were no object, I’m convinced I’d have something resembling a forest in my apartment – firs crawling from foyer to living room, Kardashian-style. But alas, I live in New York, where I can’t ...

Q: A mesquite tree beside my driveway is getting new leaves, but I noticed a couple of dead branches among the greenery. They snapped off easily at a point where they appeared to have been neatly ...