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

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Nut trees make great additions to yards and gardens. They provide multi-purpose crops, have attractive blooms and can protect as wind buffers. Yet fruit trees overshadow them in popularity. What gives ...

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 ...

Nut trees make great additions to yards and gardens. They provide multipurpose crops, have attractive blooms and can protect as wind buffers. Yet fruit trees overshadow them in popularity. What gives?

He described the hickory oil flavor as “rich and delicate at the same time.” There is little research on the health benefits of hickory oil, although early settlers believed it could cure rheumatism.

Tough to crack and only available online, the hickory nut is worth the effort. If you’ve never tasted hickory nuts, you owe it to yourself to try them. The fall crop has dried and cured sufficiently ...