Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orchidpoet/ Getty Images Hickory trees are one of the most important hardwood trees in North America. Hickory isn't one single ...

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 ...

May 27—The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District recently unveiled this year's focus of the Geauga County Big Tree Contest and is currently seeking nominations. This contest seeks to promote the ...

One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and sometimes it’s almost like a death in the family. The old shagbark hickory beside our driveway is that ...

Eighth-graders from Swift Middle School in Fulton Township are expanding their environmental efforts from their campus to the city with Saturday’s planting of hickories in Lancaster County Central ...

Abingdon, Va. — The Town of Abingdon, Virginia, has recently been named one of TripAdvisor’s “20 Best Fall Vacations in America for Seeing the Colors,” as reported in the Bristol Herald Courier on Oct ...

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 ...