A few years ago one of my readers asked me about a particular nut and leaf. I took a close look at the pictures and saw a slightly pear-shaped nut that had a skin that reminded me of pecans. The ...

I was walking the trails at York Land Trusts’ Hilton Farm last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off the river and floods the woods with light. On that particular day the sun ...

ZHEJIANG, East China — Shen Ailan and her husband Xiang Chaochun stand on the branches of gently swaying hickory trees, wielding long bamboo sticks. The pair look as if they could be from the film ...

A hickory nut pie made by Carlotta Abbott of Lexington. Abbott uses a basic Karo syrup pie recipe but with dark syrup and brown sugar for more flavor. Charles Bertram [email protected] ...

KEYSVILLE – As children, my brother and sisters and I were taken on a yearly nut-gathering expedition to this northwest Carroll community. There, in a picnic grounds directly across the road from my ...

Nut trees are a great investment; they provide shade, habitat and food for wildlife, beauty for the landscape, and the added benefit of food for humans. Some trees, such as walnut trees, have the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q • I have some hickory nuts that I picked up from some neighbor’s tree. How do I plant them? A • The easiest way to grow any nut ...

The tree produces edible hickory nuts enclosed in a thick husk. The nut can serve as a replacement for pecans in many popular ...

It’s not only squirrels that bank on the rich sources of protein and carbohydrates just beginning to drop to the ground in forests, woodlots and treelines across the area. White-tailed deer will soon ...

Unlike other trees, this American native is conveniently planted in the fall to protect from increasing sun in the spring.