Squirrel damage to our Sweet Chestnuts and Walnut harvest – Early October 2023.
Squirrel damage to our Sweet Chestnuts and Walnut harvest
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A few of the many varieties of Sweet Chestnuts (Castanea Satvia) we grow – End Oct 2023
just a few of the many varieties of Sweet Chestnuts (Castanea Satvia) we grow.
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Sweet Chestnut, Castanea, Burrs early October 2023
Sweet chestnut trees are a majestic species, native to southern Europe, Asia Minor, and northern Africa. These long-lived trees produce
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Disinfestation of DRYOCOSMUS KURIPHILUS (chestnut gall wasp) in Castanea scion wood
Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a species of gall wasp known by the common names chestnut (Castanea) gall wasp, Oriental chestnut gall
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Looks like a bumper crop of ‘Marigoule’ Sweet Chestnuts this year
Looks like a bumper crop of ‘Marigoule’ Sweet Chestnuts (Castanea Sativa) this year, or I hope it is. This is
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Grafting below ground level into Sweet Chesnut’s
Firstly I have been asked how can you do a graft, but then not see the graft on a Sweet
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NT Killerton, Devon – October 2014
National Trust Killerton, Devon is one of their flagship properties. There are some very ancient Sweet Chestnuts (Castenea), producing a
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NT Greenway, Devon – Agatha Christie wrote here,
NT Greenway, Devon was much more of a pleasure to visit from a gardeners perspective. Greenhouses, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots, Figs,
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