"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:44:56 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
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"p.k." wrote
Sue wrote:
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;-)

Ha!

We should be so lucky!

The neighbours have a walnut tree 60 cm from the joint fence, 40ft
high, always with a tremendous (potential) crop, but every year the
bloody squirrels coming over a single weekend and take the whole
bloody lot at the "white skin stage"

They do that with my hazelnuts. Each year I determine to get there first
but they always beat me to it.

It's not as if they even went to the trouble of either eating them all
or burying them this year. While I was weeding I found several dozen
left in a heap among a patch of campanula glomerata.

there is only one way to deal wiht the tree rats, and that is to catch
them
and dispose of them.

Once dead, if you have foxes about, just leave the carcase and the fox
will
remove it.

which begs the question how do you get rid of foxes?

Don't know, we used to have a lot of foxes, but they all seem to have
dissapeared, I wonder if it has something to do with eating too many
squirrels?

Alan

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Martin

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:36:49 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:55:19 +0200, "JennyC"
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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Whilst trying to collet all the walnuts which were falling like rain
this
morning, on fell on my head, as councils are stopping people walking
under
conker trees in case conkers fall on their heads, should I refrain
from
walking under the walnut?
Alan

In France they are very careful NOT to walk, sit or camp under walnut
trees.
We were going to set up out tent under the big one in our friends garden
(for the shade) but very advised against it. Seems that the branches
fall
of
easily as well !

We had a large walnut tree in our garden when I was a kid, Google
Earth shows that it is still there. I don't recall any branches
falling off. When the walnuts fall they are still covered in a green
skin.

Not all the time, mine are falling as pure nuts at the moment, and usually
do, there are a few, not yet developed, which fall within the husk.

I have no recollections of ever having been hit by a falling
walnut,

It is the first time ever that this has happened to me!

Whether it is an omen I do not know!(:-)

Meteorites and a plague of frogs next?

Please no!

on the other hand I have been hit by one of the neighbours
falling apples. Why do people leave fruit on the trees in their
gardens until it rots?

Perhaps, because it is sometimes not easy to pick them all, they could be
out of reach, and as you were hit by some falling, that sounds the most
logical reason.

I'm sure they would be only too happy to let you pick some!

We tried them, they taste vile :-)

Perhaps they were cooking apples, which would not taste too good eaten raw.

Alan

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Martin