American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.

Americans eat more than 7.5 million pounds of chestnuts every year, most of them imported from Italy, China and Korea, even though the Midwest has perfect climate conditions to grow the nut. An ...

LETTS, Iowa — A program on growing chestnuts commercially in the Midwest will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on February 11 at the Letts Community Room in Letts, Iowa. Topics to be covered will ...

Water chestnuts are aquatic tubers cherished for their crunchy texture and mildly sweet flavour. Native to Asia, these versatile plants are grown in shallow water or marshy areas. Water chestnuts, ...

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 American chestnut was once a mainstay in hardwood forests as far north as Maine and as far south as Georgia and Mississippi. A massive chestnut blight in the early part of the 20th century ended ...

Question: I would love to grow American chestnut trees on my property to harvest the nuts for the holidays. Is this possible? Answer: The quick answer to this question is no – though work on ...

My friend Bruce Shenker forwarded me an email about a chestnut tree planting event he was attending in Greenwich, NY last Monday and suggested I join him. We’d have to leave Columbia County by 7:30 to ...

Chestnuts at the Missouri Chestnut Roast Festival on Oct. 2. Chestnut farming is a growth opportunity for Midwest agriculture. The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is an opportunity for more ...

Gold Shaw Farm explains how to grow chestnuts and acorns without spending a fortune. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas ”cast: ...