Each year in mid- to late October, the OSU Extension office fields questions about hedge apples, an oddity of nature which seem to fall from the sky in autumn. These large and heavy fruits with an odd ...

We talk a lot about how native plants are great choices for our landscapes, but one of our native plants — a tree to be exact — we don’t hear much about is the hedge apple. In fact, I don’t remember ...

Osage orange is a small to medium-sized tree or large shrub, planted across the United States for hedges, ornamental use, and shade. Originally it was found in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The name ...

It's a question we ask ourselves every fall — can we get by with a simple snow shovel this winter or will we need a more substantial snow-blowing machine? And each fall we have fun answering that ...

This time of year, anywhere there are hedge apple trees, also known as Osage orange trees you will find piles of greenish-yellow hedge apple husks, deposited by squirrels chewing them apart to get to ...

Just when you thought the recession couldn't hit any harder, couldn't hurl any more awful news our way, there's this: No hedgeball chuckin'. Eureka's annual HedgeBall Chuckin' Contest — an event ...

What is the winter weather forecast for this year? We looked to nature and asked the squirrels, woolly worms, persimmon seeds ...

As a kid on the farm, I remember seeing a lot of what we called hedge apple trees. Are those still around? — J.H. Yes, hedge apples are still around. However, hedge apple is just one name for these ...