I often get questions about pecans, especially during the holidays with all the holiday baking. Many want to plant the trees as nursery and garden centers receive their annual shipment of bare-rooted ...

The northern pecan tree, Carya illinoinensis, is native to Maryland. While pecans are mostly thought of as a southern tree, they belong to the hardy hickory family, and can thrive and easily survive ...

Expert growers teach how to make a pecan tree produce year after year. Consider the pecan tree growth rate and harvest schedule before planting your own trees. Have you ever wondered what it would ...

This is the second in a two-part series about growing pecans in the Shenandoah Valley. We covered the basics of this topic in my Aug. 3 column. Let’s now move on to specific recommendations for ...

You don’t have to look hard in Eastern North Carolina to find a pecan tree. Like grapevines, pecans seem to be a staple in the backyard of old homes. Their bounty of nuts in the fall along with their ...

We recently bought some acreage in west Jacksonville that has a number of rundown pecan trees. What steps should we take to rejuvenate them? In my research, I found it interesting that there is much ...

This garden column is primarily about growing vegetables. On occasion, however, we enjoy covering other homegrown foods such as fruits and nuts. We don’t see a lot of pecan trees in the mountainous ...

This video is a recipe on how to make candied glazed pecan nuts from freshly picked homegrown pecans! This recipe was given ...

Severe weather is seldom kind to agriculture. A hard freeze too late in March or April shrinks a peach crop, while excessive ...