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Well, they may look like sticks at the moment....
I wrote a little while ago about buying hazelnut trees as part of my overall plan to one have a fruit and nut tree orchard when we build our next home (sounds mightily impressive but really talking about a handful of apple trees, couple of citrus and few others)
I collected them from Blackheath Community Market on the weekend. They come as bare-root stock ready to plant, but as we don't live on our building land and haven't planned out where exactly the trees will go, I had to put them into pots for the time being. (Hopefully this will only be for a year maximum). They all have loads of buds so I will looking forward to watching them develop!
So, the stick family are .... Butler, Ennis, Halls Giant and Willamette. No, I haven't gone completely insane and named them, they are the varieties which will hopefully cross pollinate each other and give us lots of hazelnuts over a long season.
I may have to wait 2 years before gathering a feast, but it certainly beats walnuts, they can take 10- 25 years before bearing any nuts!
2 comments:
good luck with the hazlenuts! glad i discovered your blog - i've started something similar at www.mountainslife.wordpress.com . although we're renting i'm discovering there's a lot we can do in the garden - would love to have chooks but i think that's unlikely to happen!
Wow, you are growing these trees but still not find the land for them.
Yes, you can enjoying seeing them grow.
Hopefully you can find a piece of land to plant them permanently.
Happy blogging and have the nice day.
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