The American chestnut tree was once called "the redwood of the East" because of how huge it could grow. It was an amazing food source: each fall, the tree would drop an unbelievable bounty of tasty ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm sprout chestnuts and acorns from free sources for planting. Rock the Country festival: Artists dropping out amid Kid Rock controversy New message regarding ...

If you think about eating chestnuts, there’s probably a certain song that pops into your head. Sing along now: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” The song was popularized by Nat King Cole in the ...

The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...