black walnuts

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Cutting Trees

DE @DaddyEvil (174371) • United States 19 Jul

Last fall the landlady hired a guy to come cut down several black walnut trees in our yard. (They were growing too close to the house and were likely to cause damage to the shingles/roof before too much longer.) We were happy to...

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I Could Break An Ankle Out There

fishtiger58 @fishtiger58 (29819) • Momence, Illinois 27 Oct 17

We have a huge black walnut tree in our back yard. It stands well over our 2 story house and the last time I measured it, it was 89 inches around. It seems every other year we get a bumper crop. This year is the year for that....

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Have you ever processed walnuts before?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 21 Dec 09

I remember the walnut tree and how the walnuts would fall and we kids would all go out and pick them up, bring them in and help my grandmother cull them. You take this horrid outer portion off and then I don't remember what all...

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Black walnuts and their hatred of other plants

Morgan Drake Eckstein @morgandrake (2136) • United States 29 May 07

Ok, maybe it is not hatred, but black walnuts produce a chemical that kills off otehr types of plants. This is a fact that I wasn't aware of until recently. It does explain why I haven't had any luck with the tomatoes and rose...

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