simy1 said:

Walnuts do leaf out late. But they don't particularly lose their
leaves early.

The ones in our neighborhood often do. The leaves get kind of frazzled
and start dropping much earlier than other trees.

Walnuts are highland trees, and fairly drought resistant. I find it
hard to believe that you have a drought, here in SE MI (perhaps 400
miles N of you) I have had to water seedlings a couple of times, but I
have yet to water the tomatoes, potatoes, chard, zucchini, garlic or
onions. Lots of mowing, though.

SE Michigan is officially in a 'moderate drough' condition.
The rain has been awefully spotty; we went through a stretch in Plymouth
with no rain (and plenty of sun) for a couple of weeks. All of July was a bit
too dry, actually. Lots of times we see rain to out north, south, or east but
get none here. Or, I can watch a solid line of storms march across the state,
only to see a gap form in the line just before it passes over us.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)