BRAINERD — Last week’s cooler weather beckoned those who lean toward the outdoors, or at least got them thinking about it. Read more Bill Marchel I took advantage of the comfortable temperatures to ...

Iowa's native trees are experiencing a mast year, when they produce a surplus of seeds that can strain even healthy branches.

Q. I want to collect the large acorns from a bur oak near my home. I collected them years ago, but the past few I have not seen the fruit. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong time of year? Do they bear ...

Q: I picked up egg-sized acorns from a bur oak in DeWitt County. Can I start them in pots and transplant to my property in Matagorda County? — M.V, Houston A: The bur oak is in the white oak group.

It’s not often I vacuum my backyard. Actually, I’ve never vacuumed it until last week. My problem was an increasing number of acorns the neighborhood squirrels were chewing off our bur oak tree (also ...

Our daughter, Sarah, gave Pam and I four grandchildren. The first two, Alyssa, twelve, and Lane, ten, are ordinary enough, but the last two are cut a little bit differently. Colt, three, I think was ...

SEARCY — Larry Frealy jokes that his middle name should be "Oakseed," but he's only half kidding. During the past 20 years, the former carpenter estimates that he and his family have sold 250 million ...

Doug Witt, left, and his niece, Laura Greenfield, gather acorns from Babe, a giant, centuries-old bur oak on Oakland Farm, which has been in their family since 1876. They grow and sell small trees ...

This study of bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) in east-central Illinois examines some ecological consequences of the variation in seed number per acorn. The frequency of double-seeded acorns ranges from 0 ...

Our daughter, Sarah, gave Pam and I four grandchildren. The first two, Alyssa, twelve, and Lane, ten, are ordinary enough, but the last two are cut a little bit differently. Colt, three, I think was ...

This close-up shows the beautiful glossy leaves and "fuzzy" acorns of the bur oak. Credit: Garden Club of America The majestic bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, has just been named Plant of the Year by the ...

Well, since it's December already and Christmas is literally just around the corner, it sure seems like 2020 went by at a pretty rapid rate. As I've said before, my personal time machine seems to be ...