We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're planning a landscape refresh this year, why not add a little bit of deliciousness by planting a few nut trees? Not only will your ...
MU's Center for Agroforestry held it's annual Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 at the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center in New Franklin, MO. On a Saturday ...
In the panoply of smells that mark the transition of fall into winter, few are more evocative than chestnuts roasting on an open fire. The aroma that inspired the first line of Mel Torme’s “The ...
The new “The Home Orchard” covers more crops and site selection, variety choice, pruning, grafting, irrigation and integrated ...
In 2014, I wrote an article on the demise of the American chestnut tree due to the invasive chestnut blight. I’ve been reading the ...
American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.
-----INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Growing up in the 1920s, Bill Lord remembers feasting on the sweet, rich nuts of American chestnut trees -- the majestic species that a fungus would soon ...
A serious infectious disease nearly wiped out the beloved chestnut tree. Using genetic modification, scientists have found a way to bring it back. Of course, this is controversial because many ...