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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 8, 2008, at 10:31 PM, Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:

> This, on Google:
>
> _Black Walnut Toxicity_
> (http://www.wvu.edu/~Agexten/hortcult/fruits/blkwalnt.htm)

I've been looking for good sources; that appears to be quite good. Now  
trying to figure where to move apples to. My "clearing" here is  
surrounded by black walnuts. I have two neighbors that greedily  
collect the nuts. Years ago I left some squirrel-planted sprouts to  
grow, about a dozen of them are now big enough for small boards.

I now have even stronger motivation to build raised beds. To prevent  
root penetration I am musing about solid bottoms in the ferrocement  
beds. For drainage, horizontal weep holes just above path surface.  
That would also preclude moles.

A garden of really big containers. Who woulda thunk?