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Susan Koch lives in Iowa City. She and her husband, Dennis, farm and raise Angus cattle in Muscatine Country. Autumn on our Muscatine County farm provides a medley of sensory experiences. The sweet ...

If trees could talk, we have a cottonwood that would keep us enthralled for years. When we moved to this farm, it was ...

Aug. 12—Q: My neighbor and I share a healthy cottonwood on our property line. It seems that all of a sudden it has started dropping some yellow leaves. Isn't it too early for the tree to start its ...

Cottonwoods are fast growing trees in Populus genus. These trees are hardy to zones 2 through 9. Cottonwood trees produce cotton every other year. They preserve their resources. There is a cottonwood ...