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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

Baraboo’s hickory nuts are in luck: An expert on the subject is coming to town. On July 13 the women of First Presbyterian Church will host a presentation by Mike Starshak. In addition to running ...

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 ...

When settlers arrived to farm around Chicago in the 1830s, they found rich woodlands of majestic oaks and scattered hickory trees. These trees had survived fires and storms and provided a bounty of ...

Making yellowbud hickory oil Geyer’s process is labor intensive. From foraging the nuts to putting the caps on the bottles, he estimates 8-10 hours of labor go into each bottle. Plus, Geyer has spent ...

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 ...