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Horse Chestnuts

Horse Chestnut - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

It’s sticky bud time

At school, I remember the sticky buds. Our teacher at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick’s school (they really were …

Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Sticky buds

There’s a fabulous Horse-chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, bud above me. It’s such a deep red colour. It looks like a moth chrysalis. Similar …

Horse Chestnuts - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Horse Chestnuts

There’s something of the Medieval torture instrument about conkers. There’s that casing which looks as if it should be attached to a …