Over the last three years on my property I've grown to love my black walnut trees.

I've gotten to know the uncle that all parents hate. They come to the party late, with nothing but thier thousand island dressing in hand. They eat up all the good food, and cover the whole salad in that dressing only 3 people will eat. Of course the kids love them, because they always bring a tennis ball or something for them to play out in the yard with. They make a mess and leave before everyone's had dessert. But when they chop the tree down, when it's old and big enough to pocket the money, the parents appreciate the thing they despised all along.

Have a happy holiday season! Don't stop thinking about your garden! It's a happy place! Love your land! Love your nature! It's good for you!

"Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

Yohimitsu said: Over the last three years on my property I've grown to love my black walnut trees.

Yup... All the black walnuts at my house were seed planted...



They're producing nuts, but... getting wood? Not soon.
Although... in a pinch, I could use as a fence post... supposed to be rot resistant...

It sure is fun to take a big box of walnuts to the lake with a baseball bat and practice swinging.