General Nut Care

Image by alinalina Your friends are busy boasting about their homegrown strawberries and melons, but you have much bigger plans. You want to grow nut trees. It’s a big commitment, but it can yield a big…

Image by wilaiwanphoto Confused about the difference between nuts and seeds? How about peanuts; are they nuts? It sounds like they are but, surprise, they aren’t. You would think if the word nut was in the…

Image by ChrisBoswell Nut trees, like fruit trees, produce better if they are fed. The process of fertilizing nut trees begins long before you have the joy of eating your own nuts. Young trees that haven’t…

Image by madaise In this day and age, many folks are living in homes with a smaller footprint, often lacking any sort of garden space, so lots of people are container gardening. While this generally involves…

Image by Henrik_L When you plant a walnut or a pecan, you’re planting more than a tree. You’re planting a food factory that has the potential to shade your home, produce abundantly, and outlive you. Nut trees…