How to Grow Your Own Nuts: Choosing, cultivating and harvesting nuts in your 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.

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