Glen L CreasyJul 27, 2025

Spending the weekend in the Alps south of Geneva and seeing lots of hazelnut bushes everywhere! Also persimmon trees, ornamental pomegranates, wild strawberries (of course! :-), plums and apples.

A veritable fruit bowl here at 1000 metres in the mountains!

#Horticulture #Hazelnuts #Filberts #FruitCrops

Show threadAndrew ThompsonOct 25, 2023
@peterbrown @simon_brooke @breadandcircuses @LillyHerself yes, and we can grow them so much bigger now than the wild ones …although who knows how big they were back then? #PlantBreeding
#Kentish #cobnuts. #filberts
Show threadAndrew ThompsonOct 24, 2023

@LillyHerself
and #nuts as well !#SweetChestnuts, #walnuts, #filberts and no doubt even #almonds before too long …at the rate the #mediterranean is advancing on #Scotland
#ClimateChaos #adaptation #localFood #localisation

@simon_brooke @breadandcircuses

Show threadTrollJul 16, 2023

#RateTheNuts
#Hazelnuts (#Filberts)

Texture [5/5]: A hard and satisfying crunch.

Flavor [4/5]: Good as a companion to coffee or chocolate (#nutella!), but nothing special on its own.

Appearance (shell on) [5/5]: A classic and pleasing acorn look.
Appearance (shell off) [3/5]: OK but boring.

Overall [4.2/5]: A good, quintessential nut.

Andrii Zvörygin 🇨🇦🇫🇮N-PH2196 🇺🇦H2a1Jul 23, 2022
Hazelnuts are growing on my american hazelnut shrubs. Right here in Owen Sound. Can see thef are pretty big my hand for scale.
Will be ready in a few months.

Will cover them with plastic bags on elastics to prevent the squirrels from eating them.

#lyis #forestgardening #foodforest #permaculture #gardening #homesteadinglife #homesteading #shrubs #hazelnuts #filberts #growyourownfood