HOUSTON — Texas weather can feel like a roller coaster, swinging from arctic blasts to spring-like warmth in just days. As temperatures rise, many Texans are left wondering: Is winter finally over?

Pecan trees are shaking and shimmying as growers harvest pecans in Missouri, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Michele Warmund. During harvest, mechanical shakers are clamped around ...

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, ...

Out of 500 named varieties of pecan trees, about a dozen are recommended for each area of Texas. The pecan tree became the official state tree of Texas in 1919, credited to Governor Hogg’s love for ...

Dear Neil: I can keep my grass green around these pecans, but we would have a huge water bill if I tried to keep the trees fully watered. I see dead/dry branches throughout our neighborhood. Should I ...

When the wood inside a trunk is decaying, the bark separates from it. Since there is so much bark falling away from this pecan tree, there may be a large portion of this trunk that is being consumed ...