Inspire more people to start gardening with a sign, fruit, bear, flowers and edible leafy vegetables? Hope you want to join and spread… We will then send the signs to you as soon as they arrive from the printing house. When […]
So even when I made a plan to make my own miso and it ended with me. So even when I made a plan to make my own miso and it ended with me. We are big consumers of miso and I was completely sold on the descriptions of how to do it […]
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 […]
What an honor to be a part of “The growers” – one of Sweden's absolute best garden pods. In section 98 can you hear me talk about them more than 200 species of fruit, berries and nuts and many more different varieties we planted, about our almost secret little nursery and how we grow the real thing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I travel around the country and is shorter inspirational lectures on forest gardening I tend to talk a lot of good reasons why I think we should build more timber gardens. For most, the main reason for growing the skogsträdgårdsvis to produce different food (who often can not buy anywhere) in a way […]
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 […]
