Michigan offers a variety of nuts ready to pick and harvest from the wild. Here's what to know before foraging.

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 ...

Acorns and other nuts get all the attention in a mast year, but berries and fruits — 'soft mast' — are equally important for ...

Autumn is on course to provide some great, tasty nut meats. After several spotty production years, Hank Judd, of Sauk County, and many other area outdoors gatherers have had their eyes toward the sky, ...

While many species of nuts grow wild, homeowners can also enjoy planting and harvesting their own nut crops, including pecans, walnuts and hickory nuts. To ensure good quality, proper collecting, ...

Hickory trees and their nuts have always meant quite a lot to rural folks in our part of the world. The nuts of the one we know as shagbark hickory have always been valued in country cooking. Indeed, ...

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "While visiting my mom in Fremont, Ohio, over the holidays I met a new friend who used to live in Joplin, [Mo.] ...

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 ...

3 eggs 1 cup light corn syrup 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons butter melted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup hickory nuts 1 cup chocolate chips 1 unbaked pie shell 9 inches In a ...