Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up for the adventure, you can bring some home for a treat as well. Many of ...

Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up for the adventure, you can bring some home for a treat as well. Many of ...

At the end of October, the streets of many European cities are filled with the aroma of roasted chestnuts. For many, this fruit has become a symbol of the autumn season and an invariable attribute of ...

In late summer, chestnuts peek out through the branches of their trees, looking like hundreds of curious little gremlins. When autumn arrives, as if by a secret signal, they drop to the ground and ...

GRAND JUNCTION, MI-- Pedro Bautista bought his blueberry farm in 2003, and with it came six acres for young chestnut trees. Those trees are mature now, and helped by good weather over the last year or ...

— Linda Black walks down the orchard path outside her back door with her head bent, eyes scanning the dirt and scant grass. For what seems like the hundredth time before noon on this mid-September day ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Hazelnut, walnut or chestnut trees in your home orchard can keep you supplied with nuts for months if you know the best ways to harvest, handle and store them. Harvesting hazelnuts ...

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Horse chestnuts, sweet chestnuts, marrons–so many names for fruits that look very similar. But don’t be fooled. These are not synonyms for the same fruit. myHOMEBOOK explains the differences between ...

Each spring, a horse chestnut tree on the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus puts on a floral display that stops people, even some of the multitasking undergraduates, in their tracks. The tree is ...