Assorted fresh vegetables were on sale at the Farmers Market in downtown Fort Smith on Saturday in spite of the cooler temperatures. (River Valley Democrat-Gazette/Randal Seyler) Keith and Tiffany ...

Recently, a friend gave me a bag of hand-picked pecans from his yard. The thoughtful gift was much appreciated and immediately flooded me with memories from my childhood of afternoons picking pecans ...

For many, the fall season conjures up visions of leaves falling and changing color from green to yellow, orange or brown. They may even desire to travel to the Northeast to witness nature’s beauty ...

Who isn’t nuts about pecans? Straight out of the shell raw, buttered and toasted, made into butter pecan ice cream or baked into that sweet Southern delicacy known as pecan pie, pecans are powerfully ...