Sometimes it is hard to choose which photo should be posted on Wednesday each week. Here is a small selection of unseen, alternative monthly stories for 2017 Wordless Wednesday posts:
Long-tailed tit on dogwood – January
Bracket fungus on an old Horse Chestnut tree – February
Other lifeforms! Lichen – March
Collected jewel-like Clerodendron seeds ready to sow – April
Cephalaria gigantea ready to explode – May
Shades of Shirley poppies – June
Developing seed pods of the bee orchids growing in the garden – July
Home grown lemon – August
A bumper crop of Red Walnuts – September
Comparing fruits from the ornamental silver pear with a Conference pear – October
Autumn’s confetti – November
Drying seeds of Cobaea scandens – December
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Red walnuts!?! I’ve never even imagined such a thing. They’re beautiful. Are they used in baking or candy making? Do they keep their red color? I can imagine red walnuts in white divinity — what a holiday treat.
There several red varieties. These were ‘Red Danube’ and are German in origin. ‘Livermore’ and ‘Yolo Red’ are good examples available in the States. The skins darken as they age, but remain red. The flesh is supposedly sweeter than normal and they are prized for confectionery. I ate these ‘wet’ (ie fresh from the tree) and they were lovely and creamy.
Such a nice set of photos for the year. Like Shoreacres, I’ve never seen red walnuts; they’re beautiful and apparently, delicious. That little bird in January and the bracket fungus are my favorites, but it’s a close race. Wishing you a good 2018!
Thanks. Red walnuts are nearly always one of the first crops to be lost to the squirrels, but this year the setting was very successful and there were enough nuts to go round everyone! Long-tailed tits are always a winner, looking as cute as they do.
All lovely shots but the long tailed tit on the red cornus is my favourite. I can’t imagine how you did it, they are never still.
Honestly, it was luck. I am so not the type to sit in a hide for hours, but I do nearly always have a camera on me!
Beautiful images. I see from other comments I am not alone in finding the red walnuts amazing!
They are great aren’t they and I had no idea they existed either until I became involved with the walnut collection at the place I work!
Wonderful selection from a wonderful year!
🙂 Thanks so much!
Another viewer surprised by the red walnuts. Thanks!
Bit like blood oranges!
So beautiful!
You are very kind!
A wonderful selection of photos!
Thank you.
Each one worthy of posting. Another one surprised by red walnuts.
Thank you! I think red walnuts are becoming more popular here. (At least UK suppliers seem to be stocking them now).
Beautiful, the long-tailed tit is my favourite too. But those red walnuts are sizzling as well. I remember them from another post I think? Happy new year!
Yes, you are right about the walnuts, but quite frankly I am excited by their appearance each year!
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