Hickory nuts
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From: The (S)Low Country
Poor little squirrels. Life is tough for those little fellas. Meanwhile, +1 is cracking up because I asked him a very simple little question: Where should I put my nuts to dry out? I don't understand what's so funny about that . . . 
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From: West Deptford NJ
I also have a hickory that is having a banner year, but nothing to the level you have.
But to be honest as soon as I saw the title all I could think of was Euell Gibbons
But to be honest as soon as I saw the title all I could think of was Euell Gibbons
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Ha ha, nuts!
There's a great store in Houston that sells anything you could want in nuts and bolts; hardened, chromed, hex, metric, whatever. I'm dong some work on my car and needed some hardened bolts, so I Googled ,"The Nut Store". -- Well, that's a business that sells among others, pecans and 'hickory nuts'. Then i remembered I was looking for "The Nut Place". The salesman who helped me just laughed and said, "you should hear the kind of phone orders we get around Christmas time."
There's a great store in Houston that sells anything you could want in nuts and bolts; hardened, chromed, hex, metric, whatever. I'm dong some work on my car and needed some hardened bolts, so I Googled ,"The Nut Store". -- Well, that's a business that sells among others, pecans and 'hickory nuts'. Then i remembered I was looking for "The Nut Place". The salesman who helped me just laughed and said, "you should hear the kind of phone orders we get around Christmas time."
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Back to the original post. We have one large hickory tree in our back yard, and the nuts from it are a royal pain. The tree's branches overhang our deck, and the falling nuts create quite a bang when they hit! And, like Val said, the 11,000 squirrels in the woods behind us completely ignore the nuts. 
We had a black walnut tree in our side yard that was also a pain. The walnuts covered the driveway from August on, and the leaves and assorted other trash made a mess as well. The squirrels did seem to enjoy the walnuts after they were crushed by our cars' tires. So, 2 weeks ago, I had the tree taken down. It will now keep us warm next winter from the firewood it provided! 
We had a black walnut tree in our side yard that was also a pain. The walnuts covered the driveway from August on, and the leaves and assorted other trash made a mess as well. The squirrels did seem to enjoy the walnuts after they were crushed by our cars' tires. So, 2 weeks ago, I had the tree taken down. It will now keep us warm next winter from the firewood it provided!
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On my wife's families ranch, there is a big stand of old black walnut trees. Missouri is where gun stocks are made and AA black walnut is very expensive. I saw them sell an stick of trunk off a downed tree for 900 dollars and that was 25 years ago.
Take a good look at your black walnut.
fltsfshr
Take a good look at your black walnut.
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