around this time, you wonder why the sweet chestnuts are delicious and the horse chestnuts, that almost look alike, should not be eaten.i promised my daughter to find out, so now i understand that sweet chestnuts come from the castanea family of trees while the horse chestnut comes from a totally different aesculus family.
the horse chestnut is very bitter to us humans and even poisonous, while squirrels and deers love them.
the horse chestnut tree is beautiful though, while flowering and during autumn. and the chestnuts we can use in crafting, like making a spiderweb, while eating the delicious sweet lookalikes.
both chestnuts have medicinal properties. maybe in a next post more on that topic or just google yourself if you are curious.