ZHEJIANG, East China — Shen Ailan and her husband Xiang Chaochun stand on the branches of gently swaying hickory trees, wielding long bamboo sticks. The pair look as if they could be from the film ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I was walking the trails at the Great Bay Wildlife Refuge in Newington, N.H. last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off of Great Bay and floods the woods with light. On that ...

Q • I have some hickory nuts that I picked up from some neighbor’s tree. How do I plant them? Write to Chip Tynan at [email protected] or Horticultural Answer Service, Department PD, P.O. Box 299, ...

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 ...

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 ...