Our "Bio Dió" walnut plantation, which has been ecologically certified since 2006, is located on the edge of the village of Osli (pronounced "Oshly") near the Austrian-Hungarian border. Vienna is about 120 km away. In the north we are bordering the cultural landscape Fertö (UNESCO World Heritage), known for its variety of water birds, as well as its diverse flora and fauna. The area owes its fertile farmland to the very balanced climate and the frequent rainfalls. If you drive through the villages around Osli, you will see miles of green landscape: meadows, agricultural land and beautiful old avenues along the roads. Particularly striking are the large bird nests in the masts, which are inhabited by stork families in spring, as well as herds of deer, numerous birds of prey and rabbits which can be observed throughout the year. Once you have crossed the village of Osli with its picturesque church, a road leads to our walnut farm, with its regular dense rows of trees. There are three buildings on the farm: the processing hall with our modern machinery for peeling, washing and drying nuts during the four weeks of harvest, and two warehouses. In spring the plantation offers a special view. The flowering of the walnut trees makes them look like green cotton wool puffs, while wild flowers can grow unhindered on the ground, because the walnut blossom should not be disturbed by mowing machines. During the day you can only hear the buzzing of the insects and at night you can see a fantastic star-covered sky. In summer it is hot in Osli and our trees have to be watered diligently. We obtain the water from the Hungarian waterworks. In late autumn we bring out cow dung, which smells good, but sticks very stubbornly to the shoes, should you be walking through our tree rows. The harvest is due in autumn. We use vibrating harvesting machines that shake the walnuts from the trees onto a collection foil. Furthermore, we have fruit collection machines and also collect by hand. You can watch the harvest between our walnut trees and get an impression of our plant in the video on this page. Some of the 8,000 trees are planted on nearby farmland, 15 minutes away by car, close to the village of Bogyoszló. We also set up a small reed biotope at the edge of the plantation, giving new value to very moist zones where our trees don’t grow well. In the future we are considering to use the area between our trees better by sowing wildflowers and integrating beehives.