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2010 CT Annual Meeting
[click for larger image] Saturday March 6th we'll be hosting the annual meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. We have interesting presenters and a fantastic venue - and hope you'll mark you calendar...
New England Poster for TACF Annual Meeting
Just finished creating the posters for the TACF
Chasing Chloroplasts
Professor Fenny Dane of Auburn University presented her Castanea Migration Theory at last year's CT Chapter Annual Meeting. Each Castanea species has several distinct chloroplast types. More differences can be detected among Asian species than within European or...
Housatonic Heritage Tour of TACF Great Mountain Orchard
Interested in seeing one of Connecticut's beautiful chestnut orchards? The Great Mountain Forest Orchard sits nestled at the base of Great Mountain off Undermountain Road in Falls Village - Photo by Bill AdamsenClick on photo for larger view. Join Ellery "Woods"...
ORTV Tours Woodbridge Orchard
By Bill Adamsen Stephanie Valickis of The Office of Radio and Television (ORTV) recorded a segment featuring interviews with TACF Director and Chapter President Bill Adamsen, and CT-TACF Chapter Director/Secretary Dr. Phil Arnold. ORTV's mission is bringing good...
Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate, TACF Director, Dies at 95
Norman Borlaug, a plant scientist who in the 20th Century was perhaps the person most responsible for teaching the world how to feed itself died Saturday. He was 95 and lived in Dallas. NYTimes Obit Borlaug was often called the father of the Green Revolution. He was...
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We love helping students get excited about, and involved in, the American chestnut tree!
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Save this for when you plant your chestnuts! All you need is a deep pot, well-draining soil, and proper seed orientation for success. 🌱
Want to learn more about growing chestnuts? Visit this link to learn more: tacf.org/growing-chestnuts/
#planting #growing #americanchestnut #PlantingSeason #explore
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I appreciate the effort, but you’re just planting a tree that will die young.
Another way is put out a bunch of chestnuts, walnuts, acorns etc and let the squirrels plant them (they won't eat them all)!
Where do you get the American chestnuts?
I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction.
Click the following link to check it out: rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree
#americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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