Hi Valerie - thanks for your post, I didn't realize they had a "hazelnut project" going and am going to check that out. I did order 5 of the native-type hazelnuts from Musser Forests; I see there are some improved varieties but they would be questionably hardy here. Years ago I lived in SC for just a short time (6 months) but we had some big pecan trees in our yard that we were able to harvest nuts from just before we moved back to Michigan -- brought bags full of them back here, shelled them out and stored in the freezer, had enough to use for quite a while! What a treat that was...
