This is the definitive book on growing your own nuts written by
Martin Crawford, the leading forest gardening expert. Nut trees are
perennials, requiring little maintenance or soil cultivation, so it
is no surprise that nuts are the ideal forest garden crop. How to
grow your own nuts is a beautifully presented and comprehensive
guide to selecting, cultivating, harvesting and processing all
types of nuts. Here are old favourites like hazelnuts and walnuts
alongside less common varieties such as hickories and butternuts
and the exotically named chinkapin. Filled with gorgeous
illustrations of trees and nuts in all stages of maturity, this
book will inspire gardeners, homesteaders and commercial farmers
with its clear and detailed instructions. For everyone who wants to
grow their own food and aim at self-sufficiency, this book is a
must. Throughout the book we learn how delicious, nutritious and
versatile nuts are. Nuts are at the heart of our culinary
tradition. They have everything for health: magnesium to lower
blood pressure; low carbohydrate to control blood sugar; high
protein to keep our energy up, and healthy fats to help absorb
vitamins. They are chock full of antioxidants. Eating a daily
portion of nuts could lengthen your life, as nuts decrease the risk
of heart and neuro-degenerative diseases. Recent Harvard studies
indicate that eating pecan nuts increase the survival rates of
prostate cancer. For vegetarians and vegans in particular, nuts are
a crucial source of protein, but they are enjoyed by many more
worldwide as a delicious alternative protein from meat. Martin
describes how nuts can be planted singly in a small area, ingroups
in an orchard or nuttery, as silvopasture around grazing animals,
in alley cropping between cereal crops or intercropping between
fruit bushes. Nuts are also multipurpose trees and the A-Z
describes their many secondary uses from timber, oil, dyes, fodder
and cosmetics to medicines and honey. The beautiful spring blossom,
particularly of almond and sweet chestnut, are highly attractive to
bees. Every page is rich with the authenticity, passion and
experience of a master grower and forest gardener. Whether you are
planning to grow nuts at home or commercially, this book is
essential reading.
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