Name that Tree



This very big, very beautiful tree is in my yard. I have no idea what it is. It gets tons of hard little green balls that fall all over the place. Anyone have any idea what kind of tree this is?

Comments

Allen said…
A horse chestnut?
13/7/06 9:37 PM
Shai said…
Black walnut. If you crack the green balls black ink will get all over the place. My dad has a whole bunch in his yard. They are worth a lot of money. A lumber guy offered him $5000 a piece for his and my dad refused. He said he liked the trees more than money. Ain't he the coolest?
There is a special way to crack the shells to get the nuts out. Not sure how. My grandpa gathers up baskets of them in my parents yard and drives over them, but there has to be an easier way.
13/7/06 9:46 PM
Shai said…
Great picture, BTW. I love the perspective. You are talented with the camera. :)
13/7/06 9:46 PM
AnnieAngel said…
Squirels eat the green balls right in front of my front door and make a mess, I've never seen any ink though. But yeah, the skeletons of what is left from those green balls do look like walnuts!

Can I eat them???

Thanks Shai, you totally rock!
13/7/06 9:54 PM
Shai said…
Yes you can eat them. I can't because I am allergic, but you can. :)
I don't know how squirrels openthem without getting ink all over, but they do. Maybe if you crush them when they are ripe or something they will make less of a mess.
13/7/06 10:37 PM
Shai said…
Here's a link I found about black walnuts. "Husking" them, as they call it, sounds like a pain in the ass! http://www.extension.umn.edu/projects/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h404blkwal.html
13/7/06 10:45 PM
AnnieAngel said…
Cool! I wish someone would want to buy my tree for 5 grand!
13/7/06 11:26 PM
Shai said…
You keep coming back, don't you woods? ;)
You should create a blog with your photos on it. That would be cool.
14/7/06 12:16 PM
Shai said…
Annie, gather up a couple nuts and send them to Woods, I think he's missing a pair. :P
14/7/06 4:57 PM
AnnieAngel said…
Hehehehe!!!
14/7/06 5:32 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Prayer For Those Who Hate Me

I would like to pray right now to ease my heart. Sweet Jesus, please take the hate from the hearts of those who seek to hurt me. Please show them the path to Your Love. Take from them their pain, their bitterness, their multitude of demons. Make them whole in Your Love. Lead them to Peace so that they may not judge others in reflection of the judgement written against them on their filthy self-righteous rags of souls. I pray that they will REPENT and let You into their hearts so the judgements against them may be washed clean and their names written in the Book of Life. In Your Name Sweet Jesus I Pray, Amen.
Read more

Boycott Cat Stevens And His New Album

It's true, the traitor has apparently decided that it's no longer a sin against his moon god to try and milk money out of the fame he used to enjoy before he became a Satanist. I am not going to buy it, and if it by some far flung chance gets radio play, I'll switch channels. He is such a sneaky Satanist, he's trying to make money from the people he considers infidels, and who he believes should be killed, wherever he may find them. I've re-written one of his songs, I think it properly shows his true feelings toward those who are not Muslim. I hope you enjoy it. It's to the tune of Trouble. Satan Oh Satan set me free I have seen your face And it's too much like a Jew's for me Allah Oh Allah can't you see Jews are stealing our land Soon they'll enslave the whole Middle East I don't drink no wine The Jews have made the world blind I don't think it's fair I don't think it's fair Israel's full of Jews So won't you be kind ...
Read more