In the last post in the almost endless series of nötodling in Sweden, I went through the nutritional values of different nuts. The thing that stands between me as a nut lovers and the fine industry is often incredibly hard shell. So how do you get the cores from the nuts really? Before we attempt to answer this question, it […]
I do not usually able to keep me from taking every trip as an opportunity to collect plant material. Oddly enough was a trip to Jämtland in December just such an occasion. Of an old participants from Östersund I was told that there were viable specimen of the American chestnut (American chestnut) as far up as […]
Walnut Tree (Juglans spp.) includes a number of species that are interesting for our Swedish conditions. Genuine walnut (Juglans regia), which is also the most famous walnut usually do to the cultivation zone 2 in Sweden. The genuine walnut big advantage is that they are tasty nuts are easy to crack and the nuclei remain intact and are easy […]
It may be difficult to imagine how even the forest garden will evolve over time. To get a better sense of how different plants behave and how big they can get, I usually take the opportunity to visit the botanical gardens when I am traveling. Most of these gardens have quite a few trees […]
