Oak, alder and hornbeam will soon rot down, while sycamore, beech, horse chestnut and sweet chestnut ... Store in a shady spot and the following autumn the leaves will have rotted down into ...

Finding a horse chestnut tree can be part of the ... You could create a lovely autumn mobile, pine cone bird feeder and leaf prints with crayons or paint. If you do use pine cones, it's a good ...

One final tip is to look at the tree from which your conker fell – in particular the size of the tree and the colour of the leaves. Horse chestnut trees can become infested by a moth called the ...