"I want people to have the experience of going to the mountains without the five-hour drive," Kevin Gray of Hickory Creek Farm said.

Have you ever noticed that a party that lasts only one evening can take weeks of preparation? Between the invitations, menu, shopping, and cleaning, you’re exhausted—and that’s all before the big ...

Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up for the adventure, you can bring some home for a treat as well. Many of ...

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 ...

Dear Master Gardner: My cousin in southern Minnesota has an old shagbark hickory tree and the bark is so beautiful! Is this a native tree and will it grow in north central Minnesota? Answer: Shagbark ...

Shagbark hickory, named for its long, peeling strips of bark, bears edible nuts, has a 200-year lifespan and gives excellent flavor to smoked foods. Shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, is native to ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Yellowbud hickory trees are abundant in Iowa’s forests, yet few make use of the trees’ bitter-tasting ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — With spring on the way, Ann Arbor’s next free tree giveaway event is just around the corner. The city is giving away 1,000 trees this time, said Sean Reynolds, a city sustainability ...

Some people count sheep to help them fall asleep. Paul DeCloet counts trees. Decades ago, while farming tobacco in Norfolk County, DeCloet went for a walk in the native Carolinian forest near his ...

Farming Simulator 25 is the new simulation game developed by Giants Software, and it looks like the sequel has provided tons of new improvements over its predecessor after a 3-year gap. The addition ...

It’s been almost three weeks since Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, and the team at Hickory Nut Gap Farm have already made considerable progress cleaning up debris. For some, the work was ...