Another portion of the filbert orchards at Dorris Ranch in Springfield has been removed ahead of a replacement of those trees with a species more resistant to fungal infection. Dorris Ranch reopened ...

SPRINGFIELD, ORE. - The town of Springfield, Ore., has several "claims to fame" - and most of them are good things. One of them can be found at the far southern end of town, right along the Willamette ...

Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts, and I've joined in the game by removing excess seedlings, letting just ...

It is a nice shrub for naturalizing a landscape and provides erosion control, a benefit for landowners and wildlife. Several members of Lepidoptera benefit from American hazelnut as it is a host plant ...

Raw hazelnuts, ready for roasting. (Taylor Smith/Hillsboro Argus) Early this week came the news that a frost had damaged the hazelnut crop in Turkey, which produces 70 percent of the world's supply of ...

More than 8,000 hazelnut trees planted in an Agassiz orchard fell victim to the dreaded Eastern Filbert Blight (EFB), ...