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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

GOING NATIVE: The Acornucopia Project's Bill Whipple, far left, recently convened a group of local chefs, bakers and food artisans to get creative with ingredients produced from wild, native nuts such ...

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] ...