About 2,000 black walnut trees are in abundance in a 90-acre wooded area near Baldwin City owned by Jackie Kennedy. Thousand Cankers disease threatens Kansas trees. To prevent the spread of this ...

Hickories, oaks, walnuts and other nut-bearing trees are dropping their season’s produce now as fall arrives in northeast Kansas. These nuts are an important food source for deer, turkeys, squirrels ...

When it comes to black walnuts, getting to the meat of the matter is easier said than done. Even veterans of autumn’s first-frost foraging campaigns occasionally surrender to the sheer toughness of ...

Move over, Buckeyes. Those famous shiny brown nuts from Ohio Buckeye trees may symbolize our beloved state university sports empire, but in culinary competition they're no match for a more useful ...

So imagine what happened when Mike Fredenburg, who was on the University of Georgia's football team in the early 1990s, discovered a black walnut tree in his yard in Ball Ground, Ga. Tough guy met ...

Black walnut trees are stealing the show this fall. There seems to be an abundant crop for many tree owners, and the squirrels are having a heyday knocking walnuts to the ground and scurrying away to ...

Late summer comes with its own soundtrack. As the days become shorter, the nights cooler, cicadas, crickets and katydids raise their wings in a scratchy symphony. Summer may not have ended, but it has ...

Missouri is home to more black walnut trees than any other place in the world. Its wild nature and distinct flavor means the black walnut often gets passed over for more popular European varieties — ...

The mention came from comedian Seth Meyers, during his Weekend Update news segment: “A farmer in California has begun powering his farm using leftover walnut shells. If you’re wondering which farm it ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q. I know You Docs are big fans of nuts, especially walnuts, but I’ve just heard that walnut shells are bleached before being sent to market. Is this true?

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 ...