A black walnut tree is easy to grow from a nut. But to grow and produce nuts takes eight to 10 years. Squirrels help bury more walnuts on the property. Most are buried in the shade, which is a poor ...

In the simplest terms, a nut is an edible seed. We eat many kinds of nuts, from hazelnuts to Brazil nuts, pine nuts to pistachios. Most of the country’s nuts are grown here in California. In 2012, ...

Late summer comes with its own soundtrack. As the days become shorter, the nights cooler, cicadas, crickets and katydids raise their wings in a scratchy symphony. Summer may not have ended, but it has ...

Walnut trees are very special additions to the yard, offering spring yellow-green catkins and delicious walnuts in fall. While they can seem intimidating to grow, a little perseverance can make your ...

Q: We have had a number of high winds and hard rains this summer and I see that a large number of big walnut trees in my area have lost good-sized branches. Other trees like maples and poplars lost ...

There are some misconceptions about walnut trees that have both encouraged and discouraged people from planting them. Let's ...

About 2,000 black walnut trees are in abundance in a 90-acre wooded area near Baldwin City owned by Jackie Kennedy. Thousand Cankers disease threatens Kansas trees. To prevent the spread of this ...

Q: I'm trying to identify the tree in the photo. I've been told that the nuts are not edible. Can you help? - Scott Bundy. A: The tree in the photo is black walnut, Juglans nigra, and it's a ...

Missouri is home to more black walnut trees than any other place in the world. Its wild nature and distinct flavor means the black walnut often gets passed over for more popular European varieties — ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Black walnut trees (Juglan nigra) are found throughout much of the ...

Black walnut trees (Juglans Negra) aren’t grown in orchards like most nuts. Instead, they grow wild across North America. These wild nuts have a rich, bold flavor and contain the highest level of ...