Help yourself!

This very large bucket of chestnuts or conkers as we call them was sitting on the low wall two doors down from us.
Help yourself it said….I did but only a photo!

We have lots of chestnut trees all along the back of us to the left….the squirrels can’t keep up!

Three good things:
1. Jack came & moved some photos out of a big tin trunk up into the loft.
2. The trunk has now been utilised for bird seed!
3. My favourite TV night!

[Lou Ann]

Oh my! Well I’m sure the squirrels will hide a lot of these for their winter time meals.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh Pat ! didn't you tale a few home to have a game with Harry !!

[Bep]

That's a great harvest...

[Joan Robillard]

Never seen so many all together

[Delwyn Barnett]

Last year in lockdown I made some chestnut puree - it really was nice, but a lot of work to make ...

[Granny7(Denise)]

I could do with a few of those to keep the spiders at bay

[Sarah Bremner]

Wow....I might have taken a handful! Spiders don't like them and if you have a few in a corner of the room they seem to keep clear!

[Babs]

I wonder if kids still play conkers these days.

[Maggiemae]

Surely people like to roast chestnuts? Under the spreading chestnut tree!

[bkb in the city]

A lot to roast

[Pat Knowles]

@dkbarnett @maggiemae @bkbinthecity

Sadly these aren’t the roasting sort. Horse Chestnuts just look nice! Kids string them up & play a game with them that’s pretty much all they are useful for…..Oh plus keeping spiders away allegedly!

[leggzy]

They do make a great shot

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Oh for a game of conkers, and yes I have cheated and baked one first when I was very young. Love the colours.

[Judith Greenwood]

That’s a good haul!

[Issi Bannerman]

I love the look of chestnuts. So shiny and brown. Lovely to hold.