Are you a gardening enthusiast looking to expand your knowledge of edible nuts, or an ambitious homesteader trying to add a sustainable food supply to your property? There is no need to look any further! You've just acquired the necessary tools to grow a successful nut orchard and enjoy the wonderful richness of nature's nourishing riches. Explore the intriguing world of nuts with this comprehensive and expertly crafted book, which includes traditional favorites like almonds, walnuts, and pecans as well as lesser-known jewels like hazelnuts, chestnuts, and macadamias. Learn the secrets of caring for these majestic trees, as well as the tactics and best practices for ensuring abundant harvests year after year. Learn from seasoned nut growers who share time-tested information and personal experiences, adding a touch of inspiration and passion to your nut-growing adventure. Key features: A thorough A-to-Z guide of nut tree species, their distinguishing traits, and ideal growing circumstances. How to grow 5- specific nuts with expert advice on propagating, grafting, and nurturing them. In-depth knowledge of common concerns such as diseases, pests, and growing issues. With "EDIBLE NUTS GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS" as your go-to resource, you'll have the knowledge and enthusiasm to transform your garden into a thriving nut refuge. Join the nut-growing community and experience the sense of success that comes from nurturing these magnificent trees and reaping the healthful fruits they provide. Let the adventure begin!

Grow your own seasonal food in a low maintenance, nature-friendly garden that feels like a woodland glade. Scottish plant expert Alan Carter shows you how to plan and plant a temperate forest garden for any sized plot--from a small terrace garden to an allotment or smallholding. Learn how to successfully layer root crops, fruit, perennial vegetables and edible shrubs below tree crops, cultivating an edible garden that doesn't look like a traditional vegetable plot. A forest garden is wildlife friendly, provides nutrient-dense and often unusual food through every season, and requires minimal work to maintain. The first part of this in-depth, practical guide explains how a forest garden works, how to map your climate and design your own plot, and how to manage it with mulching, weeding and pruning. What's not to like about Alan's motto of "the more you pick, the more you get," and intriguing concepts such as the Panda Principle? The second half of the book is a detailed directory of more than 170 plants and fungi suitable for a wide range of temperate climates, complete with growing, harvesting and cooking tips based on over a decade of Alan's own experience. Learn how to incorporate traditional fruit and vegetable crops, such as strawberries and beans, into your forest garden, and how to weave in more unusual crops, such as shiitake mushrooms and ferns. Techniques from agro-ecology bring regenerative farming into the backyard, helping you to work towards greater self-sufficiency. Useful tips on seed saving and propagation help keep plant costs low, and there is practical advice on soil health, compost--essential for all no dig, organic gardeners--and pests and disease. A Food Forest in Your Garden will help you create your own productive forest gardens even in cooler climates.

A stylish, beautifully photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design. We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks good for a short time, but then quickly turns straggly and unattractive (usually right before friends show up for a backyard barbecue). If you want to grow food but you don’t want your yard to look like a farm, what can you do? The Beautiful Edible Garden shares how to not only grow organic fruits and vegetables, but also make your garden a place of year-round beauty that is appealing, enjoyable, and fits your personal style. Written by a landscape design team that specializes in artfully blending edibles and ornamentals together, The Beautiful Edible Garden shows that it’s possible for gardeners of all levels to reap the best of both worlds. Featuring a fresh approach to garden design, glorious photographs, and ideas for a range of spaces—from large yards to tiny patios—this guide is perfect for anyone who wants a gorgeous and productive garden.

A comprehensive guide to growing, harvesting and processing nuts, written by forest gardening expert Martin Crawford. Nut trees are perennials, requiring little maintenance or soil cultivation, so it is no surprise that nuts are such a popular forest garden crop. A crucial source of protein and a delicious snack, nuts also have a number of surprising health benefits. They lower blood pressure, are full of antioxidants, and decrease the risk of heart and neurodegenerative diseases. Filled with gorgeous illustrations of trees and nuts, How to Grow Your Own Nuts contains old favourites like hazelnuts and walnuts alongside less common varieties such as hickories and butternuts and the exotically named chinkapin. It considers how nuts can be planted in a variety of ways: singly in a small area, in an orchard or nuttery, as silvopasture around grazing animals, in alley cropping between cereal crops or intercropping between fruit bushes. This beautiful guide also features a handy A-Z, which details nut trees' many secondary uses from timber, oil, dyes, fodder and cosmetics to medicines and honey. Martin also discusses how the beautiful spring blossom is attractive to bees, particularly from almond and sweet chestnut trees, making them excellent for supporting pollinators. Whether you are planning to grow nuts at home or commercially, this book is essential reading.

*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement The easy-to-use resource for growing healthy, resilient, low-maintenance trees, shrubs, vines, and other fruiting plants from around the world—perfect for farmers, gardeners, and landscapers at every scale. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs and covering 50 productive edible crops—from Arctic kiwi to jujube, medlar to heartnut—this is the go-to guide for growers interested in creating diversity in their growing spaces. "[Levy and Serrano] go way beyond the standard fare. . . . With their help, you’ll be growing persimmons, currants and hazelnuts in no time."—Modern Farmer Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts is a one-stop compendium of the most productive, edible fruit-and nut-bearing crops that push the boundaries of what can survive winters in cold-temperate growing regions. While most nurseries and guidebooks feature plants that are riddled with pest problems (such as apples and peaches), veteran growers and founders of the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano, focus on both common and unfamiliar fruits that have few, if any, pest or disease problems and an overall higher level of resilience. Inside Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts you’ll find: Taste profiles for all fifty hardy fruits and nuts, with notes on harvesting and uses Plant descriptions and natural histories Recommended cultivars, both new and classic Propagation methods for increasing plants Nut profiles including almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, and pecans Fertilization needs and soil/site requirements And much more! With beautiful and instructive color photographs throughout, the book is also full of concise, clearly written botanical and cultural information based on the authors’ years of growing experience. The fifty fruits and nuts featured provide a nice balance of the familiar and the exotic: from almonds and pecans to more unexpected fruits like maypop and Himalayan chocolate berry. Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts gives adventurous gardeners all they need to get growing. Both experienced and novice gardeners who are interested in creating a sustainable landscape with a greater diversity of plant life—while also providing healthy foods—will find this book an invaluable resource.

This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to producing nuts, with information on propagation, planting, and cultivation. Profusely illustrated and full of useful tips and simple instructions, this volume constitutes a must-read for anyone interest in nut production, and will appeal to collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “The Almond”, “The Beechnut”, “Castanopsis”, “The Chestnut”, “Filbert or Hazelnut”, “Hickory Nuts”, “The Walnut”, and “Miscellaneous Nuts—Edible and Otherwise”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

Are you an urban dweller craving fresh, organic fruit and nuts? Look no further than Growing Edible Trees in Small Spaces - the ultimate beginner's guide to container gardening in urban areas. This book is jam-packed with all the information you need to grow delicious and nutritious fruit and nut trees in even the smallest of spaces. From balcony gardens to rooftop terraces, this book will show you how to utilize containers to grow a variety of edible trees, including apple, pear, peach, and almond. You'll learn how to select the right containers, soil, and fertilizers, as well as how to care for your trees throughout the growing season. With easy-to-follow instructions and helpful tips, you'll be able to create a thriving mini orchard right in the heart of the city. Imagine the satisfaction of harvesting your own fresh fruit and nuts, free from harmful pesticides and chemicals. Whether you're a seasoned gardener looking to expand your urban garden or a beginner just starting out, Growing Edible Trees in Small Spaces is the ultimate guide to container gardening in urban areas. Don't let limited space stop you from growing your own fresh and delicious produce - this book will show you how to make it happen! GRAB YOUR COPY NOW AND START ENJOYING HOME GROWN PRODUCE!!!