Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several maple trees with white trunks - By Eve Livesey/Getty Images You may be lucky enough to live in or visit an area that has a ...

I was recently asked, "Why did people paint trees?" Maybe you remember painted trees, or have seen photos. People would "paint" tree trunks white, generally from the ground up to as far as a child ...

Q: My dad helped me plant a couple of young apple trees in my backyard last weekend and so far, so good. After we finished I said the only thing I had left to do was paint the trunks white. He looked ...