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["Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>]

Lots of wildlife to watch this weekend. Deer, of course - the forests around
here are thick with them and they love to idle in the pasture. Wild turkeys
are also drawn to the pasture, and there were 5 or 6 out in the taller
grass. The red tailed hawks love to ride the updrafts over the valley, so we
had fun watching those against a clear blue sky. A pilleated woodpecker was
after bugs, and was pecking a hole in the garage *grumble* -- have to do
something about that - don't see any signs of termites or other bugs in the
garage siding, but it was after something. Heard the coyote's song, which
drives my dog nuts. :)
Gloria


On 10/8/06, Wendy Gulliver <crazygardens AT verizon.net> wrote:
> Lynn, you have a healthy butternut in PA?  Ooohhaaahhh.   I love them.
> Stand them on end and whack the tip with a hammer or rock.  You will get
> the
> force right to not smash them with a little practice.   MMmmmm.  Better
> than
> black walnuts.  When I was little, butternuts were everywhere, but not
> anymore.  There was some kind of blight wiped them out about 25yrs ago and
> I haven't seen one since. I was told that the blight was pretty much state
> wide.  Is this an old tree that possibly survived whatever wiped them out
> and is therefore immune?  Could you send me some to sprout?
>
> Wendy
> Columbia County PA
>
> >
> > Hi Gene; The lot in town where we have our Farmers' Market was covered
> > with
> > butternuts (someone who seemed knowledgable told me they were
> > butternuts...look like oval, sticky, light green black walnuts?).
> > Everyone was rolling around on them and swearing at them, so I gathered
> > them up (sticky little buggers!) and brought them home. What do I do
> with
> > them now? Treat them like black walnuts?
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
> > Peasant Farmer
> > Tioga County, PA
> >
>
>
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