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 ...

This has been a good growing season for hickory trees. Those scattered about my yard out here on Baker's Branch are loaded with "fruit." The squirrels, as they always do, actually started cutting 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 ...

MISSOURI, USA — Trees throughout Missouri are beginning to ditch their usual greens for reds, oranges, and golds as the region transitions into autumn. As leaves begin to fall, so too will nuts. Fall ...