Myths claiming there’s a best or worst time to eat fruit are unfounded. Eating fruit is a delicious and healthy way to add nutrients to your body, regardless of the time of day you consume it.

Newton is home to a giant bitternut hickory tree, also known as carya cordiformis. At 106 feet tall and nearly 9 feet wide, the tree can be found at the South Skunk River Wildlife Area.

Passion fruit is the fruit with the most protein. This wonder-fruit contains about 5 grams of protein per one cup serving. (An egg, by comparison, has about 6 grams of protein.) Why does passion ...

At some point over the winter a big limb fell from the bitternut hickory that stands outside the far corner of the vegetable garden. I don’t know why that limb (9-10 inches in diameter ...

Fruit is a well-established food group, with plenty of nutrition heavy hitters within the category. Bananas, apples, oranges, and various berries tend to be the ones reached for when looking for a ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The variety of seedlings includes black oak, butternut, Norway spruce and bitternut hickory. Each seedling comes with a tag that shows a few details ...

A yellow-bellied sapsucker creates a new row of holes in the xylem of a bitternut hickory tree. (Tami Gingrich photo) With its beech-maple climax forest, it’s no wonder that Geauga County is the ...

Dried fruit has long been used as a source of vitamins and minerals that can last year-round. There are records of the Persian and Arab cultures enjoying dried apricots more than a thousand years ago.