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CT-TACF 2026 Tentative Spring Orchard Planting Schedule
We will be planting chestnuts at several of our orchards this spring. The schedule below is tentative and may be changed for weather or other circumstances. This schedule will be updated regularly as additional plantings get added or need to be rescheduled. Bring...
Nominations Report for 2026
The Nominating Committee presented the following nominations at the Annual Member Meeting on 3/29/2026. All nominees have agreed to their nominations and were approved. Officer Positions: President: Jack Swatt Vice President: Fred Behringer Secretary:...
2025 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
Fall is quickly approaching and it's time to go out and collect the burs from the trees we pollinated this year as well as harvesting nuts from some wild American trees. This schedule can change at any time depending on weather, so this page may be updated...
2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun
2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun Below is the current schedule for our spring plantings where we could use volunteer help. Dates and times are tentative and may be rescheduled due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances. Check our website News...
Nominations Report for 2025
The Nominating Committee will present the following nominations at the upcoming Annual Member Meeting. All nominees have agreed to their nominations. For Officer Positions: For President: Jack Swatt For Vice President: Fred Behringer For Secretary:...
2024 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
2024 Chestnut Harvest Schedule All dates and times are subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. The schedule will be posted and updated on our website News feed here:https://tacf.org/ct/connecticut-news/. Bring thick gloves or a couple of pair...
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PICA, the Printing Industry of the Carolinas Awards, is celebrating its 60th year as the ultimate showcase of excellence in printing, and TACF has something to celebrate too.
Our partner in printing (BP Solutions Group) has entered Chestnut magazine in this competition for nearly 10 years and of those, TACF, BP, and designer Lisa Alford have received an award nearly every year, some of which included multiple awards within the same year!
Chestnut once again received a PICA Award for the 2025 competition, winning “Best of Category” for its “Sheetfed Magazine Series.” TACF is thrilled to have received this honor and to celebrate it with you!
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Big congratulations to you Jules! 🎉🎉 This is a well-deserved honor.
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#AmericanChestnut #TreeID #ForestEducation #ChestnutTrees #NativeTrees
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Just a few years apart: the same wild American chestnut tree before and after chestnut blight took its toll.
Enter our 2026 Photo Contest from now until the end of December!
#americanchestnut #chestnutblight #ForestEcology #NativeSpecies #ForestConservation
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American chestnuts produce separate male flowers and bisexual flowers on the same tree?! What a fascinating reproductive strategy for a species once dominant across eastern forests. 🌿
#americanchestnut #treefacts #treeidentification #ForestEcology #SaveOurForests
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I have had these on the farm for years
BeeKeeper Mango
From looking at the leaves that is NOT an American chestnut. The leaves do not have the good fishhook profile on the edges, and from what can see they look like Japanese chestnut leaves which have small feathery edges.