The Black Walnut tree beside our house was especially productive this year. This is an average-size tree, about a foot and a half in diameter, and it produced all of the nuts you see in these photos.
I didn't stage or alter these nuts at all for these photos. This is exactly what they looked like on the ground below the tree.
It was impossible to walk through this area without stepping on a nut ... with the potential for a nasty fall, and a twisted ankle, looming with every step.
In preparation for our Greyhounds Rock picnic two weeks ago, we had to pick up every single one of these nuts. It's one thing for US to gingerly step through the Walnut Mine Field ... and a completely different situation to expect one's guests and their dogs to do the same. This is when I am especially thankful to have my golf cart.
The bed of the cart is 4-feet square, and about a foot deep. It's filled to capacity ... from one tree!!!
These nuts didn't go to waste, I assure you. We drove them to the back of the property, and we spread them along the tree line, where we are making a hedgerow. The varmints back there should have a feast!
(written by Hartwood Roses. Hartwood Roses blog.)