Hazelnut Conference I attended the hazelnut growers conference in Owatonna, MN, where I met other people interested in developing hazelnuts for commercial growers and for home gardens. It was very interesting learning the new hazelnut research updates and processing equipment. 2018 conference schedule I did my first presentation, which was a learning experience. This is […]
Looking at the orchard from a drone Taken by Bryce Johnson After clearing most of the dead elms, buckthorn, and a couple boxelders, it opened up most of the northern part of the area. In the wooden fence on the upper left corner I planted cottonwood, bur oak, silver maple, spruce, black walnut, hazelnut, and […]
I’m a little late with posting fall colors, but I wanted to compare it to last years colors. This hazelnut plant is from the fall of 2016. This is the same plant from this fall, 2017. The colors look almost the same, but they could be a little more of an orange color this year. […]
Hazelnut harvest 2017 It looks like a good year for hazelnuts. I thought the plants might drop some of the nuts due to the dry condition this year, but they came out looking good. This is a close-up of the hazelnuts in the bag. These aren’t the largest nuts that are in the orchard, but […]
Tree damage from high winds 😕 After a bad storm I found 3 ash trees down in this part of my orchard. I was sure wondering how many hazelnut plants are under those ash trees. This downed ash tree was at the other side of the hazelnut orchard with the new seedlings from this year. […]
These are some of the hazelnut plants for sale. The hazelnut on the left is a 3 year old plant for $15. The next two are 1 & 2 year old plants for $10. The 3 month seedling on the right is $5. If you’re interested in purchasing these or looking at a mature hazelnut […]
I’m often asked what types of nut do they produce, so I’m going to try to show the various types I grow in my orchard. Not all hazelnuts are equal. These are just some of the many different types. This plant that produced the hazelnuts on the left was bought at a local nursery and […]
I’ve done fall colors every year, but this year there seems to be a lot more variation in the fall colors of the hazelnuts. This one by our deck has a dark red color. This one by the garden which came from northern Minnesota has more of an orange color. We were hiking near Pequot […]
Early Harvest I’m finally posting an update about harvest. It has been a hectic summer, finishing the fencing for the new planting area, planting a row of seeds in an open field, potting up the new seedlings, harvest, and of course vacation. Most of these seem to happen at the same time. This years harvest […]
We were in Oregon for my daughter’s graduation. Kelsey’s husband, Josh, arranged a tour of Birkemier Farms, a large hazelnut orchard and nursery. Josh is the one on the left 🙂 Thanks Josh! Loren Berkemier in the brown shirt gave us a very interesting tour of their hazelnut nursery. He showed us the different […]