As you get older, the little things matter more and more. For instance, I have realised that catkins are a really important part of my life - or at least my enjoyment of life. I can't see our ...

Fallen nuts that escape being eaten go on to produce Hazel seedlings. Grey Squirrels don't wait for the nuts to ripen; they eat them when they are green. As a consequence, intensive grazing by several ...

Christopher Hauser from the Berlin restaurant „Herz & Niere“ reveals his secret recipe for caramel sweet rolls with hazel nuts. It's the caramel sauce that makes this dessert something special.

Cobnuts are a cultivated hazel nut. Most of those grown in Britain are from the named variety 'Kentish Cob', which was once known as 'Lambert's Filbert' after Mr Lambert of Goudhurst in Kent, an early ...