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 ...

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

It was the tree of choice in the eastern United States. Whole communities depended upon it. Naturalists swooned over its majesty. Farmers built their barns and fences from it. Cabinetmakers relished ...