I mowed the yard and mulched leaves this afternoon. Every time I went under the walnut trees, it was like someone tossing hand grenades at me. The walnuts are about the size of tennis balls and the trees are loaded with them. I didn't get hit, but there were several near bullseyes! I saw a wooley bear caterpiller and he predicted a mild winter for here!
A Wooly Bear!! At last now we know something about what the winter has in store for us. Thank you for the forecast. No walnuts here Captain, just acorns, thousands of them. My wife and I have some hard hats we use for the occasion as we rake leaves. I wish we had the type of squirrels that collected nuts. Instead, ours bury them and sniff them out thru the winter snow. Jerry
Hi Captain, no walnuts in my yard, but I know the feeling. My husband and I once camped in Elk Neck State Park, Maryland, in a Scamp. That's a small egg-shaped trailer. It was this time of year. Those falling walnuts can make a huge noise. Luckily neither of us was beaned on the head.
I noticed the walnuts are very prolific this year. do you think that means a hard winter? Maybe we should be collecting them and shelling them in case we get snowed in. I saw a wooley bear this morning that was ALL black. does that mean a good or bad winter. I'm hoping for a good winter, but I think that is all in your perspective of good :-?
It's supposed to be the more brown, the milder the winter. The one I saw had a little black at each end and was all brown in between. But if you are near Lake Erie in the snow belt, the one you saw was probably appropriate!
We are in the tertiary zone for Lake Erie so we still see enough of the white stuff that Kevin keeps busy all winter moving it every day out of people's driveways and parking lots. At least we don't live in Chardon. This MUST be the snow capital for Ohio! They get the most unbelievable amounts when it snows. we get an inch and they get 1 foot.
No acorns here this year ... it's so weird. The Chestnuts are few and far between as well. Black Walnuts are big but not plentiful. Tons of Rowan Berries though. I don't know what all these signs mean LOL But the Wooly Bears say mild winter and that means LOTS of snow!
I will be raking my walnuts up. Afraid last year for this tree. Got hit by lightning . Bark flew every where. Got lot of dead limps on it.
I started laughing last night as I went out to the chickens. I could hear something in the woods, but it took me a couple of minutes to realize it was the walnuts falling. Just glad I wasn't under the trees.
We have hickory nuts,acorns and beach nuts here. We have a tin roof over grill area under an oak tree. Sounds like a machine gun going off. And it's twice as bad when the squirrels. run through the trees.
