Up above, trees are gloriously busy right now, their leaves a radiant green in the sunshine. They're gleefully photosynthesizing with all their might, but that's not all that those trees are doing.

MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.

Ponderosa pine is a tree that grows in Washington generally on the east side of the Cascades. JBLM is the only place in Western Washington where you can find the ponderosa pine. It may occur here due ...

Spruce pine cones dating back 50,000 years and found in a grayish clay wall at a beach on Bodega Head may be used to sprout a new tree. It may sound a bit like ”Jurassic Park,” but getting ancient ...

Pine cones are everywhere this time of year. We see them on wreaths, in baskets, door-swags, and of course on trees and the ground. Aside from their decorating uses, pinecones play an important role ...

South Bend Tribune: Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it’s loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of ...

BEND -- A cascade of pine cones poured into a big gray funnel at the Bend Seed Extractory last month in a warehouse tucked behind the new Pine Nursery Park. The cones from ponderosa pines in the ...

It’s the time of year when people start inviting pine, fir and spruce trees into their homes, and wreaths and pine cones take center stage. But while pine cones may seem a familiar trapping of the ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin DNR wants to buy your pine cones. Specifically, unopened red pine cones. The DNR's Boscobel tree nursery will be using up the last of the red pine seed it has in ...

Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it's loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of pine trees, and they ...