The 2025 Pet Innovation Awards today announced that Barkworthies, a leading brand in natural dog chews and part of the Central Garden & Pet Company portfolio has received “Dog Treat Innovation of the ...

Enter just about any American supermarket and you’re bound to find a jug of maple syrup somewhere. Hickory syrup? Not so much. Maples and hickories make up a small fraction of the approximately 1,000 ...

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 ...

A slow-growing, potentially massive tree found throughout Ohio, the shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) is an excellent selection for a park-like setting or large area. This native hickory typically can be ...

Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single type of tree; it's a variety of species within the Carya genus. There are about 12 species that ...

In the Main Hall of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, you’ll find lots and lots of maple syrup, where the Pennsylvania Maple Syrup Producers Council is holding court. But if you venture west into ...

The old saying “barking up the wrong tree’’ does not apply to Travis and Joyce Miller of Clarke County. The retired couple is enjoying the sweet taste of success with their Falling Bark Farm hickory ...

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 ...

Travis and Joyce Miller might have the most fragrant garage in the Shenandoah Valley. The heady scent of hickory wood wafts from their rural home on Virginia’s busy Route 7, catching the attention of ...

A volunteer hickory is growing in my backyard. No human planted it. Likely a squirrelly did the delightful deed. The rodent buried it where sun-loving prairie plants were growing, which means as the ...