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Sacha[_1_] · 26-09-2006, 09:02 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 25/9/06 23:31, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Janet Galpin
writes

An interesting thing about the raiding of the hazelnuts which I forgot
to mention before is that I often pickup a nut believing it to be OK,
only to find that if you squeeze it there is a neat crack along the
midway mark and the contents have disappeared. I'm wondering how a jay,
say, could so neatly and only partially crack the nut open, and
completely and cleanly remove the contents.

Janet G

I dug up some potatoes the other day and found two walnuts, still in
shells, albeit a bit under ripe. Funny thing ... there's no sign of a
walnut tree in the neighbouring gardens.

I assume squirrels buried them?

I think so, Janet. We get them burying conkers in our lawn and there are
none very close by. It drives the dogs mad because they dig like crazy and
get shouted at by us! We don't know if they're after the conkers or whether
they think they're going to find the squirrels!

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