Rick Gaehl on Nostr: The sweet chestnut trees are now in bloom. They aren't very striking till you get up ...

The sweet chestnut trees are now in bloom. They aren't very striking till you get up close, but they smell nice and promise lots of chestnuts to come, in the autumn. They will soon start to drop sticky juice on the cars parked beneath.
Some people think the chestnut was bought to the UK by the Romans, but nobody knows for sure. It's a naturalised tree, rather than a native tree though.

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