Category: Crude Forms

Nut grower's manual – pre-order it now!

Update 18 May 2022: The book is now on sale and can be ordered from Adlibris and Bokus, among others. In The Nut Grower's handbook, he generously offers his knowledge based on his own cultivation experiences! In The Nut Grower's handbook, he generously offers his knowledge based on his own cultivation experiences – In The Nut Grower's handbook, he generously offers his knowledge based on his own cultivation experiences. Who does not dream of harvesting nuts from their own garden and being able to enjoy fat- and protein-rich food from it […]

Hazelnut geeky with the Garden Troll

The interest in growing hazelnuts in our northern climate seems to be increasing and in the middle of this year's harvest season I was interviewed for an episode about hazelnut cultivation on the delightfully nerdy Trädgårdtrollet's Garden Podcast. In the conversation, we talk a lot about which varieties are worth cultivating, I tell you about the best way to harvest in time […]

New research project on perennial vegetables – you can contribute!

The interest in growing perennial vegetables has increased a lot recently and now you can participate in and support an international research project that will build new knowledge about the properties of these crops.. Perennial vegetables are edible plants with permanent roots, who return to the same place year after year. Many perennial vegetables are very early and […]

Deaths walnuts really their neighbors? - Of the 2

In the first part of this post, I noted that most plants use chemicals to influence their environment to their own advantage. Best known in this context, as I said walnut plants producing the substance juglone. Juglone is a basically harmless substance found in all plants in the family […]

Deaths walnuts really their neighbors? - Of the 1

Many are reluctant to plant walnuts in their (forest)gardens because they have heard that walnuts can poison or even kill their neighbors with the help of a substance called juglone. I think I have contributed to the walnut terror by claiming that apples are very sensitive to juglone and by posting a […]

Manage curculio nucum in hazelnut orchards

Nötviveln (weevils nuts) is generally considered to be the worst pest in commercial nötodlingar and is the main reason for the use of pesticides in nötodlingar worldwide. Also in southern Sweden seems to be a bit of a nuisance and many farmers I have been in contact with the south complain of major attacks on their bushes. To understand what […]

Hazelnut harvest, Hall's Giant

First real hazelnut harvest

A long wait is over. Seven years after we planted the first hazelnut bushes in our garden planted with trees, we were now the first real harvest. As it was previously at best a handful of nuts this year we have been able to rake in more than 2000 nuts. Although I hazelnuts harvested in the wild often felt […]

Establishing a la Putt Myra

How do you turn an existing piece of land into a forest garden in the best way? This issue is still one of the biggest we are grappling with in the forestry horticulture. Of course, there is not a single answer to the question, but every place has their circumstances and their clients to create solutions that can look completely different. nonetheless, the […]

Grundstammar del 4 – cherries

Cherries can be a little more difficult to graft than, for example, apples and pears. Many therefore choose instead to reproduce the cherry through inoculation. Here I have listed the rootstocks as my knowledge is suitable for use in our climate. Email me at skogstradgard@gmail.com or enter a comment in the comment box if you find errors or have […]