.................................A Walnut Tree!............................

I bet that was planted by a squirrel, Jacque. What a lovely find.

I luv Walnuts 2 Gee but i think itl be some time b4 il be seeing any on this 1 :) lol

great Jacque, can't be bad 2 trees for the price of one.

Hi Jacque, your garden is full of surprises! Good luck with the walnut - we've got a walnut tree, been planted about 6 years now, about 10 feet tall but still no walnuts :-( Like you say, might be several years before your's produces, LOL.

What a bonus. If you tried planting a fresh walnut it probably wouldn't germinate - a squirrel buries it - and bingo!

Squirrels are the ultimate gardeners, aren't they?? Well done Jacque.
Walnuts grow very fast and are lovely to look at. I had a baby one once. It got run over by the tractor, chopped off by the bush whacker towed behind and left with absolutely no water as I thought it was a gonner. It sent up three beautiful, healthy shoots within a month. Tough trees.

LOL should have read both blogs before commenting,good idea to keep it in your barrow Jacque to see how it progresses..

Thats a real bonus Jacque , when we moved here we had a lovely big walnut tree it was loaded with nuts , I even tried to make pickled walnuts , a family favourite , about 5yrs ago it died suddenly the bark was peeling of at the bottom and was black underneath .we suspected Honey fungus .......
The squirrels did bury them in our garden so like you I have been able to pot one up , it,s about 1ft. tall now ..
Good luck with yours I hope it grows for you .. :o)

Thanx every 1 for your comments iv enjoyed reading them ,Dont think theres a chance my Walnut Trees going to get hit with a Tractor Gilli " Hope Not Anyway " lol 10ft in 6years Dawn! it must grow very Fast like Gilli says , Good old Squirrels hey Wagger you cant help but Lovem :)

Wow! 1ft Amy how long u had it? O i do hope Mine will grow & put up a shoot this year :) itd be so great :)

Did someone say squirrel...says Cyril..he has a new lady friend Twiggy,and their holed up in the big beech tree in churchyard in their drey !

What a surprise ! That's great :o)
Do you think you'll be picking wallnuts soon ? ;o) lol

Lovely, Jacque - good little squirrel (this time) for helping you! I hope it thrives.

Thanx Spritz il post Pics if it does :) It sure was a surprise Hywel i couldnt belive what id pulled out after id wiped the Soil away my eyes lite up like a Owls lol :) AAAAAAAaawww Fancy Cyril having a Girl Friend soon be wedding bells then jane/Ray? good thing they live so close to the Church :) hope i get an invite tell them :)xxx

I'm a bit worried about Cyril's girlfriend's name - Twiggy - is she skinny? Does she need feeding up?

Get to it, BB!

Im betting shes got Long Blonde hair 2 Spritz lol :)

Poor little thing - she'll get bullied by the other squirrels. Especially if she dresses in M&S clothes, hehe.

Thanks Hywel.....
Jacque and Spritz...sshe is a bit thin comparedwith Cyril,but he has been with us for ages...she needs to fill out.He takes peanuts to the drey,so hopefully will be for her lol

Oh Jacque,you are a "hoot" lol

I dug it out about 2yrs ago Jacque , it was about 4" above the ground enough to see what it was , I took it out of the pot and put it in the garden last autumn !

I can,t wait to see a pic. of Twiggy Awww ....

What a great find Jacque, have you got space enough to plant it? Hope so! Then when you get nuts on it you'll have to race out and get them before the squirrel!

BB: When can we expect to hear the patter of tiny feet?? I can't wait!
Going back to the walnut tree Jacque, sorry to rain on your parade but it was about 10ft tall when we set it 6 years ago and its still about 10 feet tall,Lol.

Well it still sounds Fab 2 me Dawn i dont care how long it takes 2 grow its a Begining Of A Walnut Tree WWwwwwwwwooooooooo :) lol

Bless you Jacque - all good fun and a wonderful surprise! Oh, and also Free!

Hi Dawn/Jacque...Jane here....its fab that you got a freebie Jacque...lucky you.
Amy only managed to get the one shot of them together...caome out one at a time now lol If no joy will post the one we got !

Sounds super jane cant wait :)

lucky you...look forward to watching it grow up.. :-))

Thanx Sandra lots of members have z how lucky i am 2 find this Walnut Growing & i feel it finding this 2 day :) Small things plez small minds lol :)

We picked some pine cones up on a path on a visit to Euro Disney Paris in 2001. Stored them a bit, they had shoots, set them, planted them on and now the trees are about 2 foot high. Havent a clue what they are, lol. Like Xmas trees. These finds mean so much more than going to the garden centre dont you think.

Agree Dawn..the best things in life are free !

A great find Jacque,
Please let us know how it progresses and grows. It will make a lovely addition to the garden.

Grenville: I agree, we need a progress report Jacque!
BB: Yes, we like FREE.

Thanx Grenville il keep an Up date on its growth 4 yourself & any1 else whos interested can check on it 2 :) Think il be having a few nice words with it in Morning ;) Well it mite help it grow :D Worth a Try lol

Agree Grenville ..didnt she do well.Think one would look great in your stumpery...and Cyril agrees !

I think Cyril's distant cousins having been stealing our hazel nuts, lol.

MMMMmmmmmmm luv Hazel Nuts Dawn have u seen the Twisted Hazel/Cob Trees ? They are so Pretty :)

Never,Dawn Not us lol

Wouldnt mind a beautiful huge off-cut of Burr walnut for the stumpery Bonkers- one of our favourite timbers!

Are you sure it wasnt any of your Cyril's clan BB! They kindly left the shells though, lol. Jacque: Yes we have a twisted hazel tree, it is lovely and stays quite small.
Grenville: Sorry to be ignorant but what is a Burr?

OOOOOo Dawn how big excatly does it grow ? Iv seen some for sale only £3.80 is that a good price u think?:) it does get nuts i assume ?

Hi J, well we've had our twisted hazel for years and its still only about 3 foot high but the nuts we've had are from the common hazel trees, they are about 8 foot high now after 6 years. Not sure about the price, ours were about 40p each but just whips when we set them - apparently if you buy a "good nutter" you'll get a bucket full off a year, lol.

Thanx for the Info Dawn your Brill now i know which Hazel Nut Tree2look for ;) Im Off Now Jane/Ray, Grenville& Dawn great 2 chat & have some fun Love Jac XXX

C ya Jacque x

Hi Dawn,
Burr walnut has lovely marks or 'burrs' on the timber like little curls or knots. It makes it a very beautiful and expensive variety of walnut and is used for expensive furniture etc.

Got you Grenville, know what you mean now. Well, we'll have to wait a long time before ours matures at this rate. We set it about 6 years ago and it doesn't seem to grow, probably a slow grower like oak.

Night Jacque watch out for those tigers xx

i wonder how long it will take to grow into a full size tree...would'nt that be something, being able to sit underneath, or better yet climb, a tree that you planted as a seedling!!!....the tom boy in me coming out now! lol

I think I read somewhere that walnuts only start producing nuts after 40 years.......so Jac will be, what, 62 by the time she gets some walnuts? ;-)

40 years Sid, OMG. Mine hasnt really grown since we set it about 6 years ago. No fruits in my lifetime then :-) You see, I'm not a spring chicken like Jacque!

Something for future generations, eh Dawn? :-)

Me a Spring Chicken Dawn! lol only thing of me thats Spring is My Birthday lol :)

I wonder what the average GoYer age is?

????????? Thats an Interesting Thought Sarah? im thinking ur the Youngest :)

I've just had a BIG birthday Jac :-(

MANY HAPPY RETURNS SARAH XXXXXXXXXX

Aye they say life begins then Sid !!!!!!

Thanks both ;-) I hope so Bb!

A big birthday could be 21 hey Sid??

rrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 21 iv not aged since being 21 Dawn ;)

Reading some of these blogs, I've come to the conclusion we gardeners are all 21 at heart... (Or possibly even 12?!)

~perrenial optimists!optimistic perrenials!?

I think you're right Sid, we are all young at heart, lol.

Agree with all LOL

Don't feel very young today after the barrowing I've been doing, ache ache!

Oh dear, poor Dawn! We'll all be feeling like that after a winter inside when we all have to get out and do all that digging/pruning/weeding that's been waiting for us all winter...

Arlene - I'm just optimistic about my perrenials ;-)

Come on now what happened to 21 /12 !LOL

Mr B - the mind is willing but not so much the body these days!

There will be some aches and pains come Spring when we are all back out there!

We must all remember to do our stretching exercises, Dawn. Now STRETCH-two-three-four, STRETCH-two-three-four......now come on you lot at the back - no slouching! ;-)

Im Strecthing as much as i can Sarah :) 1 2 3 4 5 6..... lol

Mind you don't slip a disk Jac x-D

im only Strecthing SLOoowwwllly Sarah Not Enough speed 2 slip a Knot never mind a Disk lol