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Many years ago a "friend" gave me a
Black Walnut sapling. This innocent looking tree was almost three feet tall and had volunteered near his house. With but minor trepidation I planted it behind my house. I knew that many plants did not do well under a Black Walnut, but what harm could this little thing do. You may not be able to look a gift tree in the mouth but at least accept it with suspicion. It may develop teeth and bite. I have since learned that any plant that volunteers with impunity can be classified as a weed. My weed is now over 60 feet tall and the monster overreaches more than it deserves.
Aha, you may think that covers all the flaws of the Black Walnut. Little do you know. You may snicker watching a squirrel working away for a long time at the outer husk of a nut only to encounter the almost indestructible inner hull with its miniscule nut-meat. Just wait until you have to rake up the pile of husks from under the tree. In the spring and early summer you again encounter, in absentia, the squirrel's work. There, lurking in the flower beds and borders and even in the grass, are little Black Walnut trees that the squirrels mislaid. I have lifted a few dozen this year. Those were the easy ones. When they are buried in the midst of large shrubs they may not be noticed until they are on the way to being real trees. I gave two of these to a neighbor. He was smart. The next year he had second thoughts and cut them down. Go To Page: 1 2
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