Kinesisk Kastanj – Forest Garden Blog

Nötodling in Sweden – From 4: Chestnuts

Chestnuts hear too many to Christmas, but most know enough not think it is perfectly possible to cultivate chestnut in Sweden. If you live in the warmer parts of the country that is. What we buy in the shops are usually sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). Sweet chestnut grows relatively well in southern Sweden up to […]

Ginkgo, pawpaw, hickory and other exciting things

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 […]