In the green stage, hickory nuts are encapsulated in one of God’s toughest armors, a hard, thick husk that covers an interior nutshell even tougher than that which in turn protects a nutmeat that is ...

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 ...