Nut trees I’m growing:
– Hazelnuts
– Filberts
– Hazelberts
– Walnut (black, Carpathian)
– Butternut
– Buartnut
– Hickory
– Cold hardy almond
– Cold hardy pecan (may have died this winter)
– Heartnut
– Oak (acorn)
– Chestnut (various, mostly seedlings, Eng/Eu mix to try to restore them – likely to expand this in the future, especially in wilder areas)
Am I forgetting some? Possibly…
Which are my favorites?
It may change over the years, because right now only some of those are producing, but already I have some advice to give on what you SHOULD be growing, and what you may want to grow more selectively.
This is likely my last video before Christmas. Whatever your religion, holiday that you celebrate, I hope you are having a wonderful time with friends and family, and are being safe and secure.
Have a great end to 2022, and a wonderful start to 2023. Start planning that food forest, or where you are going to expand it!
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18 Comments
This one was supposed to go up last night, but we've been without power on/off for 2 days now. I finally was able to get it uploaded. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season, no matter what you celebrate. 🥰
The only nuts I've found in my area are the locals.
WOW! Safety Goggles! 😁
Merry Christmas Keith, all the best for 2023 🙂
Thank you for the good advice. I have some hazelnut bushes but the same – squirrels and blue jays get them before I do.
Been watching you for years, went crazy last summer with fruit/berry plants last y
This wasn't meant to be funny but I found it so 😅. No way could I grow any kind of nuts. I have regular squirrel visitors and can't even grow a sun flower, which is a shame because I really like them. But did you check out Grandpa's Goody Getter? It's quite a piece of equipment for cracking black walnuts. He also indicated that the nuts need to be soaked for a few days (after they have originally dried completely) in order to soften up the shell and the meat. In all honesty, this is way too much work. No wonder even the squirrels did not like these much. People in my area post them for free on Facebook in the fall and I know why! Merry and Happy Holidays to you and your family. Stay warm!
What's the difference between hazelnuts and fillberts? I always thought they were the same thing. Zero out of 3 of the hazelnut trees we planted survived due to the deer population decimating them. They didn't bother waiting for any nuts to develop; they seem to like the young shoots and branches until they ate it to the ground. I would like to try to plant some more after we can afford a very tall fence.
We had been trying to grow almond trees with no success. They would always dry up. Out of the blue they started to appear everywhere. Well we just found out our neighbor has an almond forest about 2 acres away from our land. Right next to the river between bamboos. And the birds must be dropping the seeds everywhere. Way to demonstrate your problem is your solution! We did not have a lack of almond trees we had a lack of birds lol Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the video, I have an idea now what kind of tree that I am going to plant to
Oddly enough I had heard of First Nations people using acorns for food. So this year I collected quite a few. They need to be dried, then repeatedly soaked to remove the tannins (tannins are bitter) and ground, dried. I am just about to finish the rounds (several, 5-8 times, over 2-3 weeks) and dry the acorn "meal".
Walnut are volunteered by the squirrels, so I have more than I want. 😄
Thank you for letting me know these nuts can store for years, that make my life easier now.
That was a great video! Thank so much! My son has a few tree nut allergies, so we avoid all nuts because of the risk of cross contamination. If we grew our own, we wouldn’t have to worry about that! I would just have him tested for each nut first before we started to grow a tree. We don’t think he is allergic to hazelnut, but I definitely DO have a squirrel “problem”, so I’m going to research the heart nut. I don’t live far from you. If I decide that it would be a good fit for us, perhaps you would sell me a nut so that my sons allergist could use it for testing!
And the "potato of nuts", Dunstan chestnuts!
Another great video. Thanks for the well presented information
Happy Holidays! Because you get snow and an adequate amount of rain, you might get almonds. However, they require a huge amount of water to produce nuts. I live in Northeren California and I did water my tree, but because of the drought, not very much and I got THREE almonds. None of my fruit trees were non-producing. In fact, my pineapple guava produced for the first time in the 8 years I've been growing it. Also, I have heard that it is hard to beat the squirrels and chipmunks to hazelnuts and I do have a lot of squirresls. Have you tried netting your trees? I am 82, so I on't have a lot of future to wait around for walnuts.
Thanks for the very informative video. One question, aren't all Juglans genus alleopathic? If so, can you still interplant or have a polyculture/guild planting design near a Walnut or Heartnut tree, when creating a food ? Happy Holidays 🙂 Gaby
Hope you are staying safe in the storms. Do you have a go to variety of hazelnut? We have a native beaked hazel nut and a variety of butternut here. I know some are better for eating than others.
I came to the realization that there was no protein in my food forest several years ago. I have been waiting for a video like this for a long time.