Q: I'm trying to identify the tree in the photo. I've been told that the nuts are not edible. Can you help? - Scott Bundy. A: The tree in the photo is black walnut, Juglans nigra, and it's a ...

A black walnut tree is easy to grow from a nut. But to grow and produce nuts takes eight to 10 years. Squirrels help bury more walnuts on the property. Most are buried in the shade, which is a poor ...

In autumn colorful trees take center stage outdoors. Their changing leaves make me pause to admire their beauty. These sentinels signal the change of seasons. Raking their falling leaves give us ...

Drazen_ / Getty Images Q: I have several walnut trees on my property. I noticed that one mature tree did not produce any walnuts this year. My question is why did that one walnut tree not produce nuts ...

Planting the right type of tree can possibly make your home look more attractive and is among the key landscaping tips to affordably boost your property value over time. You might also reap other key ...

A small tree, in a warm spot, will shower you with walnuts within five years – if the squirrels don’t get there first ...

In the simplest terms, a nut is an edible seed. We eat many kinds of nuts, from hazelnuts to Brazil nuts, pine nuts to pistachios. Most of the country’s nuts are grown here in California. In 2012, ...

Q: We have had a number of high winds and hard rains this summer and I see that a large number of big walnut trees in my area have lost good-sized branches. Other trees like maples and poplars lost ...

Landscaping under any tree can be challenging, thanks to the dense shade cast by the branches and the abundance of thick roots in the soil. But black walnut trees (Juglans nigra) seem to be in a ...

One year shy of its 100th birthday, a massive walnut tree grows in Garden Farms subdivision in Atascadero. It is now over 80 feet tall and at least 8 feet in diameter and was planted in the front yard ...