For the next two months, this forest becomes their home.
The walnut grove in Arslanbob.
The walnut tree has a life span of about 1,000 years and yields large amount of fruits.
Walnut trees also make fine wood for furniture.
After travelling far and wide, the trusted disciple reached Arslanbob, where he decided to scatter the seeds.
A different legend associate the grove to Alexander the Great.
Greece’s first walnut forests is said to have sprung from these walnuts.
The grove is sprawled over an area of roughly 27,000 acres.
This is divided into plots of several hectares each, which the families rent from the local forest department.
Within this area the family can gather walnuts.
Harvesting walnuts from trees.
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A family in front of their temporary shelter in the walnut forest.
A walnut tree can grow up to a hundred feet tall and trunks up to 6 feet thick.
On a good year one family can harvest two to three tons.
The collection of nuts is a very unreliable income.
Nothing was left, other than to go to the woods and fields to take care of the families.
A temporary dwelling in the forest.
Summer pastures of Arslanbob.
