#beechnuts

[parsleydraws]

fisher cat & beech tree branch

[dbaydenny]

Beechnuts

The tiny hidden nuts

among the thick layer of leaves

tasty wee nuggets

gifts from the smooth barked grey tree,

one the kings of the forest.

.

D W Eldred

[peggykicks-ass]

[samirafee]

#FAGUS SYLVATICA - COMMON BEECH - BEECHNUTS

@samirafee

[ostdrossel]

This is the time where I roam around the garden to collect black walnuts (on windy days I go out with a hard hat 😬😂), acorns, chestnuts and beechnuts as special treats for the birds. The big green balls are the black walnuts. I smash the skin, hull and wash them, and then set them out to dry and cure. They stain like crazy, so wear gloves if you do that. The acorns I smash before I use them. They have nice, thick flesh inside that the larger birds love.

[peterarkledrawings]

© Peter Arkle 85-2020   BEECH NUTS 2

[lostjohnny]

The Beechnuts

Cycle Annie

[lockbuch]

Bucheckern-Strang Tag 2-3 * Beechnuts String Day 2-3 (Fagus sylvatica) halb geöffnet * half opened

Alles hat seine Zeit. Pflücken hat seine Zeit.

Solange die Bucheckern geschlossen sind, haben sie einen weichen Stil, den man mit einer Nadel durchstechen kann. Wenn man sie aber zu früh pflückt, dann bleiben die Kapseln geschlossen. Ich möchte aber, dass sie sich nach dem Einnähen auf dem Stoff öffnen Es ist nur eine kurze Zeitspanne von wenigen Tagen: die Kapseln werden immer praller und härter, und plötzlich beginnt auch der Stil zur Hälfte hart zu werden. Das ist der richtige Moment zum pflücken: kurz bevor die Kapsel aufbricht und der Stil noch weich genug zum nähen ist.

Everything has it's own time. Picking has its time.

As long as the beechnuts are closed, they have a soft stem, which can be pierced with a needle. If you pick them too early, the capsules remain closed. But I would like them to open on the fabric after sewing. It is only a short period of a few days: the capsules become more and more plump and harder, and suddenly the stem begins to get hard. This is the right time to pick: just before the capsule breaks and the stem is still soft enough to sew.