Pecan season is here. Pecan trees are native to Arkansas, and their nuts are a welcome sign of fall. While many people would like to have them as a shade tree with benefits -- to produce large, ...
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 ...
After an overnight torrent soaked the sandy soil and winds whipped across his orchard, Willis Hartley knew he was seeing something truly terrible only at daybreak. That's because he saw light. On any ...
Sitting in line at Morehouse Pecans in Irwinville, I am amazed by the activity. The pickup truck in front of me has five or six bags of pecans. A small army of men descends to help with his tailgate ...
It’s mid-October and Bran and Karla Futral, the owners and operators of Futral Farms pecan orchard in Woodland, are eager to get rolling. It’s harvest season for one of their pecan varieties — which ...
As Mona Barfield inspects the hurricane damage to her family’s multi-generational pecan farm south of Fairhope, she stops to wonder how much longer Baldwin County farmers will continue producing ...
Sep. 21—Texas pecan orchards were expected to produce a mixed bag of results amid good prices and strong demand, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Larry Stein, Ph.D., ...
SAN SABA, Texas — For the Millican family, the San Saba River has always been more than a water source, it’s been a partner in their livelihood. Their pecan orchard, planted in 1888, has been passed ...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of landmarks — southern New Mexico historical institutions and landscape features that you may or may not be aware of before reading the article. We'll write ...