The hickory genus, Carya, includes one of the tastiest nuts-the pecan, and one of the most inedible-the bitternut hickory. But it’s the distinctive shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, that I want to talk ...

Both humans and wildlife are busy foraging this first month of autumn for a tough nut to crack — Wisconsin’s flavorful hickory nut. Champions of this oft-overlooked edible know just where to go ...

Hickories have compound leaves with one stem and many leaflets. The green husk around the nut turns brown as it dries and can then be peeled away to expose the nut inside. (Clay Wollney) The nuts ...

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 ...

Autumn is on course to provide some great, tasty nut meats. After several spotty production years, Hank Judd, of Sauk County, and many other area outdoors gatherers have had their eyes toward the sky, ...

KEYSVILLE – As children, my brother and sisters and I were taken on a yearly nut-gathering expedition to this northwest Carroll community. There, in a picnic grounds directly across the road from my ...

Hickory nuts are oval-shaped, light-tan nuts found inside of larger, darker hulls. The tree's fall leaf color is a rich gold. Q: My neighbor has this tree that I think is a hickory. Some of the ...

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] ...

Acorns bounce like ping-pong balls on the sidewalk. Hickory nuts plop onto the lawn. Walnuts fall with a thud on the ground. These trees are pummeling anything and everything below their branches.

A goddess, a president, and a tree. An unlikely trio, but there is a connection: the shagbark hickory tree. This tree is deserving of superlatives, if not deity and presidency. One of the dominant ...

While many species of nuts grow wild, homeowners can also enjoy planting and harvesting their own nut crops, including pecans, walnuts and hickory nuts. To ensure good quality, proper collecting, ...