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TACF Hires New England Regional Science Coordinator
I'm extremely pleased to welcome Leila Pinchot to the staff of The American Chestnut Foundation. Leila is a graduate student at the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at Yale University, and while continuing her studies, has agreed to concurrently perform...
CT-TACF Spring Board of Director’s Meeting
The spring Board Meeting of the Connecticut Chapter was hosted by the Woodbridge Land Trust at the Center Building in Woodbridge. Special gratitude goes out to Dr. Robert Gregg of the Land Trust for making the arrangements and providing refreshments. Special thanks...
CT-TACF and Northern CT Land Trust Prepare Test Orchard Site
On April 17th, volunteers from the Northern CT Land Trust (NCLT) and CT-TACF joined forces to prepare a section of NCLT?s Swann Farm for possible use as a chestnut orchard. Located in Ellington, the Swann property has been preserved as working farmland and also helps...
Woodbridge Land Trust Plants their Orchard
The Woodbridge Land Trust planted their Calistro tree harvest at the Town's Fitzgerald property on Beecher Road. The Amity Observer captured the event in this fantastic article appearing April 26th. At the Tuesday May 9th May meeting of the TACF-CT Board, Robert...
Asian Ambrosia Beetle
Discussion on an interesting pest popped up on the Chestnut (TACF) Growers List this past week. We're fortunate not to have seen this pest (yet) here in Connecticut. Hill Craddock of Hamilton County Tennessee describes it as "by far the most damaging pest in...
Take a Hike
Stamford Museum & Nature Center continued their special partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) during "Take a Hike" week. On Wednesday, April 19, TACF volunteers and Nature Center Staff helped plant new American chestnut seedlings in a research grove...
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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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