Progress Harvesting Orchards!
Good news! We are almost finished with harvesting backcross orchards in Virginia. Fortunes Cove was loaded with burs; the same was true with the orchard at Blandy and a few of the others. Soon we’ll focus our efforts on harvesting wild Americans. This is a chance...
Restoring Virginia’s Chestnuts West of the Blue Ridge
What: Restoring Virginia’s Chestnuts West of the Blue Ridge When: Saturday, June 7, 2014, from 2 pm to 5 pm Where: Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia 1290 Richmond Avenue, Staunton, VA The public is invited to an informational meeting June 7th in Staunton hosted by...
Roanoke June Restoration
We had a good day of bagging chestnuts yesterday. We placed 32 bags on the Hinlicky tree, 29 bags on the Absher tree, and 17 bags on the McPherson tree. A total of 154 burs are covered and ready to be pollinated in a week or so. I will be sending out an email...