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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:
> >  I
> > only got the bottom branches-those that I could reach and shake, so I
> > only 'cleaned' about a quarter of the tree at best.
>
> In my area people wait until they fall from the tree, often after a  
> strong wind.
>
> In California English walnut orchards they use a tractor and belt  
> running on a cam pulley to shake them down. The older way was to knock  
> them with a long, strong stick.


You can see the tree on Google easier than I can see it from my house. 
:)  That means I struck while the iron was hot.  I just grabbed limbs 
and did some gentle shaking, kind of like a thunderstorm wind..lol..
At first though, I cleaned up those on the ground..
Bev

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