Once you're sure you have a safe-to-eat pine tree in your sights, you'll want to go for bright green needles with a nice pine scent. Dried ones won't taste great, whereas brown or yellow ones ...

The cold can also be an issue. If the tree's not adequately protected, some of those needles might suffer cold damage; you'll ...

Like the trees that produce them, bristlecone needles are long-lived ... The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much shorter. Clearly, bigger is not better ...

Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more vulnerable to attacks by other pests or diseases, and to environmental ...