Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either of these ...

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Have you noticed that there are a LOT more acorns than usual this fall? I know I have. Acorns are the nut/fruit of oak trees, and we certainly have a TON of oaks around San Antonio and the Hill ...

Plunk! Plop! Gee whiz! Some acorn season this is! Last year our oaks made only a handful of acorns on each tree. This year, the sound of acorns falling punctuates our lives 24/7. Acorns crunch ...

STUNG! This Brooklyn ACORN staffer was caught on camera counseling "pimp and hooker" James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. WASHINGTON — The House yesterday approved a cutoff of all ACORN funding by an ...

Virginians can help preserve tree species by collecting acorns and seeds from 12 species and delivering them to the nearest office of the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF). Acorns and seeds must ...

In the deepest days of winter, when all seems dark, nature is hard at work. Take the acorn. Somewhere, under the litter of leaves in the woods, in the angle of a fallen log, or in the tilled soil of a ...

The longstanding links between the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CHD) and the left-wing activist group ACORN continue to grab the media spotlight. This week, Associated Press and CNN were ...

The other day, while walking Sadie, I passed a large oak-like tree with acorn-like nuts scattered at the trunk base. Some of the nuts were cracked in half, while others were in pristine condition. I ...