{"id":23507,"date":"2019-10-11T19:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23507"},"modified":"2019-10-11T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:46:52","slug":"walnut-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23507","title":{"rendered":"Walnut harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first ripe walnut from V\u00e6res Venner Community Garden in Trondheim…the same year as I planted it! I should have removed it to allow the\u00a0tree to gather strength. I didn’t notice the flowers, so was surprised to discover the walnut in the summer! It is one of the Loiko varieties developed by Dr. Loiko in Belarus…reckoned to be one of the world’s hardiest walnuts. The tree is only about 1m tall! Good to get confirmation in the first year that walnuts will ripen in our cold summers! I’ve had ripe Juglans mandschurica<\/em> in my garden for almost 10 years, but previous attempts with Juglans regia<\/em> have ended in failure (hardiness issues with young plants?)
\nThe plantings at V\u00e6res Venner have been supported by KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers), the first of a network of gardens being developed across Norway both to take care of the genetics of old varieties of Norwegian useful plants, but also, as is the case here, to show what food we could be growing locally! The possibility of growing nuts locally makes it more realistic to eat a locally grown mostly vegetarian climate-friendly diet. I have a dream of walnut and hazel plantations in my area replacing the ubiquitous grain fields.
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