Good old Cyperus esculentus. This sedge produces a crunchy little underground tuber.Those tubers are Chufa Nuts. (You might know them as Tigernuts, but I learned about them as Chufa and my brain still thinks of them that way!) You can eat Chufa nuts and you can plant them to get more Chufa. At Tourne-Sol, we … More How To Harvest & Clean Chufa Nuts
Chufa nuts. Earth Almonds. Tiger Nuts. Good old Cyperus esculentus. Should I even be talking about this for #seedsavingformarketgrowers? We don’t actually grow any Chufa for our CSA baskets. Though at times I have been surprised at the yield and wondered if we could make it work. (Still not curious enough to actually propose it … More Are Chufa Nuts For Market Growers?
This is part 3 of the Chufa Harvest and Post-Harvest experience. Here’s Part 1 when the Harvest began! I love buckets. Especially these 4 gallon pails. They are big enough to hold a bunch of stuff but not too big that you overload them and break your arm picking them up. I poured my dirty … More Square Buckets & Chufa Nuts
This is part 2 of the Chufa Harvest and Post-Harvest experience. Here’s Part 1 when the Harvest began! The Chufa Nuts sat for a good week in a lidless bin in the barn. That was the revolutionary new twist that I added to the Chufa harvest workflow. I used to bring the harvest bins straight … More My New Trick For Cleaning Chufa Nuts
Last week was Chufa nut harvest time. Chufa nuts are not nuts per se. They are little crunchy tubers related to everyone’s favourite weed – yellow nutsedge. But whereas nutsedge can be a nightmare, In our climate Chufa nuts are not a problem because they winterkill. Most of the tubers are clustered in a clump … More Chufa Harvest Time
Next week, on December 12, Going To Seed turns 10 years old! Wow. When I first started typing these blog posts, I was but a learner. I wouldn’t say I’m a master now but I have learned so much. Today’s post is going to highlight 10 Going To Seed articles I’ve posted over the years … More 10 Years of Going To Seed
I also have a CHUFA harvest series. Read it here. At Tourne-Sol farm, we drill our apprentices in the importance of efficiency, profitability and priority setting. So it’s understandable that our apprentices thought it was a hoot when we spent part of an afternoon on hands and knees riffling through the soil for bean-sized chufa … More CHUFA NUTS