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From the 4 types of nut trees we have, our most abundant nut harvest is happening about. Our walnut trees are producing again a whole harvest for the whole neighbourhood

 

The above picture shows 1 walnut still in its ‘green cover’ – the hull – and the leaves are colouring due the autumn (it has been freezing at night already). We just wait until the nuts drop down, so they can ripen the most and the sun dries and breaks the hulls around the nut shells.

 

Some people prefer to harvest their nuts now, but have a lot of work removing the green hulls… why rush when the sun can do all the work for you: wait until the nuts drop from the tree and then dry them further in the sun…

 

4 types of nut trees

 

The above walnuts of course are my favorite, as they give the biggest harvest. We also have chestnut trees, hazelnut trees and pecan trees.

 

Our pecan trees are more for adoration than for production. Pecans love a warmer climate for their nuts to ripe than here.

 

 

Our chestnut tree is also producing nicely but I prefer chestnuts the most for their flowers.

 

And the most fun of our 4 types of nut trees are our hazelnut trees. Fun because it’s kind of a feeding ground for squirrels and it keeps the wind out of our garden.

 

Which types of nut trees are you growing?

Now this is rare: I saw a crested tit on our neighbours property. He does have a lot of pine-trees, nevertheless since I moved here more than 30 years ago, I have never ever seen a crested tit.

Cole tits we do have, be it only a few and maybe because I have a few birdhouses with small entrances so the sparrows cannot get in.

Anyway, I have been sitting and waiting for a few days now, and there is no doubt: it’s definitely a crested tit.

Now for the strange part: crested tits aren’t migrating birds, so I have no clue where he comes from. But if he likes it here, he should become a permanent resident… that is if he brought along a partner.

Meanwhile our hot summer has changed again into a late spring, something is wrong with the weather, but as far as I know, crested tits aren’t that much influenced by it. Or I could be terribly wrong and yet again our changing climate is having an effect on the birds…

Well, lets be patient and see if this crested tit is still around next year.

Behold my cold and flu survival kit: lots of warm tea with lots of honey and lemon to balance the way too huge amount of sweet honey.

 

But honey contains natural antibiotics, and that’s exactly what I need to battle this cold or flu. Monday I was soaking wet going out shopping on my bike, so maybe that’s where I got this cold or flu from. No need to see a doctor yet when you don’t need a leave of absence from your job. But be warned: if you take good care of yourself and your cold or flu is still around after 1 week, you better go and see a doctor!

 

Cold and flu survival kit tips and tricks

 

• consume lots of organic honey, as it contains lots of antibiotics
• sleep as much as you can
• make sure your room gets ventilation, to "sweep out" the germs. Of course don’t start ventilating when you are inside the room unless it’s a warm day.
• eat lots of organic chicken soup with rice. Grandma’s recipe for any minor ailment
• if you don’t have a headache, do not take paracetamol so your body can react the proper way with fever. Fever makes your body temperature so high that the germs can’t survive anymore. Of course, when your temperature rises too much, you should go and see a doctor on the spot.

 

Cold and flu medication survival kit

 

If you want to feel as good as possible when having a flu, you can self-medicate yourself with:

 

• painkillers:
   
• paracetamol is much more friendly to your stomach than Aspirin.
   
• if you have a very bad headache or you have muscle ache, I always take ibuprofen

• pseudo-ephedrine relieves congestion in the sinus. The side effects however are a very restless sleep.
   
• Coughing… You cough to get things out of your body that shouldn’t be in there. To help those things get our of your body faster, you need an expectorant.

  But…

  …when at night your coughing keeps you awake, you better suppress it with… drumroll… a suppressant.
  So if you only take a suppressant, you need to know you are keeping "the bad stuff" longer in your body than without using the medicine.

 

Leave a comment and share what is in your cold and flu survival kit!

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