Whether or not you're making these feeders alongside children, the project creates a great moment for learning about the wild birds in your area. You'll need a nice large pine cone (or a few ...

Pine cones are a marvel of nature. These giant seed pods are note only beautiful and mathematically interesting, they also can protect their seeds until the perfect environmental conditions arise to ...

one of several Western-state species that produce edible pine nuts. My challenge was to extract the nuts and make use of the sticky, fragrant sap that covered the cones. I decided to try soaking ...

keep the seeds safe from weather extremes and hungry animals until it’s warm and dry enough to release them to grow into new trees. The cones are the protective coatings for the seeds, shielding them ...

Our homemade fat ball bird feeder is fun and easy to make with kids. Fat balls make excellent winter food for birds. With this pine cone design, you won't need a separate fat ball holder. Keep watch ...

2. Clean the pine cones before you put them in the oven with warm water and white vinegar, making sure they are fully submerged for 30 minutes, stirring half way through. The pine cones will then ...

Cycads were one of the first plants to be pollinated by insects, with beetles transferring pollen from the slender male cones on one plant ... but can be more difficult to grow indoors than the ferns.

There’s a surge of interest to plant millions more trees in Minnesota, but there’s a problem — there aren’t nearly enough ...

These destructive insects attack many species of trees and bushes but are most often found on conifers like juniper, pine ... make my garden more inviting to these ‘good guy’ insects, I grow ...

Sprouts have been a traditional staple of Christmas dinners for decades. But that doesn't mean everyone sitting around the table loves them. Here we show you how to make your Brussels ... Another ...

Whether it’s gracing your living room during the holidays or embodying the spirit of birth in celtic culture, the Scotch pine ... for resin to make turpentine, rope can be made from the inner bark, ...

Both food and jewelry are deeply sensual experiences that are about indulging pleasure,” says Danish jeweler Orit Elhanati.