Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

It might also be that the wildlife (squirrels,etc) have been stocking up
for a cold winter???And maybe the tree that was still full of fruit was
closer or protected in some way?? Kinda reminds me of someone on another
list who was complaining how the "foreigners" in her mixed neighborhood had
stolen all her parsley. Upon closer inspection she found that it was really
caterpillars that had eaten them all.

Barb

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On 9/23/2006 at 12:02 PM Jean French wrote:

>As I understand, most nut trees go through a mast cycle, with one year
>producing a heavy yield, and the other years producing little to almost
>none.  Don't know if the length of cycle is due to the genetics, the
>environment or (which seems most likely) both.
>   
>  Becky