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alan.holmes wrote:

"Colin Hammond" wrote in message
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I am thinking of planting a walnut tree, but wonder if squirrels will eat
all the nuts. I have cob nut bushes but the nuts always disappear.

I planted a walnut tree about 35 years ago, and I wish I had had more
knowedge about the size it would grow to, I would have planted it in a
different place.

They grow about 40 feet high and 40 feet across, and yes the damned
squirrels do take a lot of the nuts but there are now so many I do get a
good supply, I'm still eating those which I collected from last year, but I
will have to give some of them away as this years are now falling.

Ours don't ripen properly, but keep will if lightly roasted after
picking. I have also pruned my tree so that it has no branches for
the first 10' (yes, it's 35'+), so that the lawn grows properly
underneath.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.