She enjoys her family, the outdoors and nature. As seasons shift, so do consumer behaviors, and for the tree nursery industry, spring and fall are peak times when sales surge. These periods mark ...

Texas settlers looked around them and saw, on the banks of almost every river and stream, pecan groves that seemed to stretch into infinity. Without compunction they chopped the trees down to grow ...

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I had a relatively minor limb cut from my pecan tree less than one year ago. Now there seems to be a very large amount ... Start with certified seed potatoes from a nursery or feed store. Those are ...

This means that pecans are generally available directly from the trees in the South and other southerly states. For a ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Pecan trees need a lot of water. It’s important to continue the watering through harvest, says Tim Hartmann with Texas A&M AgriLife. “We know the pecans need ...

To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from the healthy rootstock of one tree and ...

I had a relatively minor limb cut from my pecan tree less than one year ago ... Start with certified seed potatoes from a nursery or feed store. Those are tubers that have been grown specifically ...

Add the beaten eggs to the mixture and stir well. Set aside a small handful of the pecan nuts. Arrange the remaining pecan halves evenly in the pastry case and carefully pour over the syrup mixture.

This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1915 Paul Popenoe gave 26 photos of giant trees to National Geographic. One of them was this shot mailed from San ...

Just after midnight on Sept. 27, the fast-moving Hurricane Helene wiped out thousands of pecan trees and tens of thousands of pounds of pecans from Buck Paulk’s 4,100-acre pecan orchard in south ...