Heaps Of Black Walnuts And Winter

There are many, many Black Walnuts (Juglans nigra) falling to the ground here in my neighborhood, up and down the mountain. More than I’ve ever seen on the ground at once. Folklore says that when there is a mast year of Black Walnuts we will be having a hard winter. Hmmm. Could that mean lots of snow? I would delight in that. I adore winter, but particularly snow. But we are suffering through a drought and precipitation of any sort would be quite welcome.

Yesterday I took ten boxes overflowing with Black Walnuts to the Virginia Department of Forestry. Every year they collect many species of nuts and acorns which will be planted, in order to get tree seedlings which will planted by forestland owners. These seedlings should become trees which will be hardy, growing in the same climate from which they originated.

I’m pleased to be part of this program, helping the forests of Virginia grow.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Heaps Of Black Walnuts And Winter”

  1. I enjoy your blogs so very much♥️

    Sandy Miller’s middle sister, Joanne

    Many thanks

    1. Dear Joanne,

      I appreciate your sweet comment so much! I thoroughly enjoy delving into nature. Having you there on the other end of my writing, and enjoying it makes my world complete!

      I hope you and your family are doing well. Quite a while ago I moved from Northern Virginia and I don’t see Sandy anymore. She was such a lovely part of my life up there, and I miss her.

      Thank you for reaching out to me, and thank you too, for reading my posts!
      Bren

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