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 ...

You can grow chestnuts in Southern California. You will need to incorporate lots of compost and gypsum in the soil prior to planting since chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) appreciate a somewhat acidic ...

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 ...

Gold Shaw Farm shows how to grow thriving chestnut trees in simple 5-gallon buckets. Trump says he redesigned new Coast Guard ...

THE TROUBLE began in 1904, at the Bronx Zoo: Specimens of Asian chestnut trees, resistant to blight, quickly passed the fungus to their American counterparts up and down the East Coast, moving from ...

CRESSONA — Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped ...

More than a century after a blight wiped out the majority of American chestnut trees across the U.S., government officials are considering whether to allow a genetically modified version to spread in ...

It is an exciting time in the field of conservation and biotechnology. For the first time, it appears likely that a tree that has been developed with genetic engineering (GE) could be approved by U.S.

BLACKSBURG — A group of fourth graders went home on Wednesday afternoon a little messier than they were when they left home that morning. About 50 kids helped town officials and members of the ...