The temperatures are dropping, the trees are putting on their annual color show, and Halloween is less than two weeks away. October is on full display, both in nature and in people’s homes. While I ...

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.

MADISON, Wis. -- If you come across unopened pine cones over the next few weeks, staff with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources may want them. The DNR is asking for help with collecting red ...