Q: I have a hazelnut tree about two feet tall that I planted a few years ago. Every year since, the main plant stays about the same but the sucker shoot zooms up to twice the height of the main plant, ...

Spring is just around the corner and gardeners can hardly wait to get their hands in the soil. Got questions before you get started? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool ...

Researchers are hunting down the origins and extent of the outbreak of a new Eastern Filbert Blight strain that overcomes the disease resistance bred into Oregon hazelnut trees. Meanwhile, farmers are ...

This year’s NOFA New York Winter Conference had a huge range of workshops, from practical presentations on cover cropping and compost to discussions about reducing food waste and how to advocate for a ...

The creamy, buttery, crunchy, sweet hazelnut inspires our earthborn senses. Charred shells found in ancient middens from Scotland to the Pacific Northwest, dated at 9,000 years old, share a story of ...

Hazelnuts and chestnuts aren't new to the U.S., but they're not as ubiquitous as peanuts. One farmer taking a lead role in the Wisconsin hazelnut -- and chestnut -- industry is Mark L. Shepard.

According to the calendar, the first week of August is midsummer, the midpoint between the summer solstice of June and the autumnal equinox of September. August is a month of changes. The days get ...

An archaeologist samples pollen from soil layers to decipher historical vegetation changes, a method complementing hazelnut shell analysis (Nils Forshed via Courthouse News). (CN) — Researchers ...

An archaeologist takes samples of pollen found in soil to understand the changing vegetation of a site: a companion technique to the authors' analysis of hazelnut shells. If we could stand in a ...