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Sunday 29 September 2013

Nuts!


'Nuts, nuts, driving me nuts. So sick and tired of nuts in me' guts!' Poor Eddy.

Nuts in abundance! Last week, I looked for several nuts to gather.

During a walk in the park, I noticed an unusual noise. It was the sound of hazelnuts, falling from the tree! I was right under a big Common Hazel (Corylus avellana).


I gathered a bunch of hazelnuts and took them home. In a few weeks, I can use them in cookies and cake.

These chestnuts from the Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) fell from the tree too early. The spines are still soft and the nuts are not ripe, yet.


Beechnuts from the Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica). Yummy!


The first mushroom I photographed, this autumn. This lovely, small white guy has still dirt on top of its cap.



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