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Index of Subjects A novel way to toast a walnut. I didn't know Squirrels knew how to cook. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laviolette, Lance" <lance.laviolette@lmco.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings > Hi Dave, > > Red Squirrels have no trouble with Black Walnuts and they are a lot > tougher than butternut. For walnuts, which I'm most familiar with, they > gnaw off the husk at the tree and then carry the nut to a hoarding > location. They will gnaw into each hemisphere of the nut and consume the > nut-meat at their leisure at the hoarding site. > > I got a 'wonderful' first person experience with their hoarding of walnuts > when my clothes dryer stopped working and we pulled over 60 nuts from the > machine that had jammed the drum. The squirrel had gotten around both > hardware wire and a one way baffle on the outside exhaust port of the > dryer and run up the exhaust tubing into the machine. > > All the best, > > Lance > > Lance Laviolette > Glen Robertson, Ontario > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6:02 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings > > Thanks Lance, > We do have a Red Squirrel that more or less lives here. If I find a > fruiting Butternut within Squirrel distance then that will be the > solution. > I wonder how a Squirrel would get at the nut ? It would be a tough chew > but possible I suppose. > In Davis, California I once heard a very shrill but faint shrieking > sound at dusk which turned out to be a mouse gnawing at a Wild Walnut > shell. > Dave W. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laviolette, Lance" <lance.laviolette@lmco.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 11:44 AM > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings > > >> Hi David, >> >> In the area around my farm in eastern Ontario Butternut trees are >> found naturally. Most are in rough shape due to Butternut canker but >> they persist and produce nuts in spite of this. From my observations >> I'd say that Red Squirrels are the most likely vector of distribution. >> I've seen them moving and hoarding both Butternuts and the larger >> Black Walnuts, husk and all, around my front yard. I haven't seen >> seedlings in my yard however so either they don't survive the disease >> or none of the nuts survive the squirrels' hunger. >> >> My neighbor told me that before Butternut became a scarce tree, his >> mother used to gather the nuts and use them in her baking. Presumably >> in the same way that walnuts or pecans are used. Anyone have a recipe for >> butternuts? >> Butternut 'squash' is the only ingredient I was able to find on the >> internet. >> >> All the best, >> >> Lance >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca >> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] >> On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster >> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7:25 PM >> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Butternut seedlings >> >> Dear All, Oct 27, 2015 >> Over the last 3-4 years I have been seeing Butternut seedlings in >> the yard; some new ones every year and most in the vicinity of a large >> Ash tree. >> I have yet to see any animal carrying the nuts so I continue to wonder >> what agent moves them. Some 6-8 children play in nearby yards and they >> might move them but I can't see this happening year after year. To >> judge from the droppings on the tiers of wood, and excavations at the >> base of an old-growth compost heap, our yard is Raccoon Central but >> surely a Raccoon would not try to eat a Butternut. >> One of the Western Woodpeckers (Acorn) has a slick way of eating >> the elongated Acorns of some western Oak species. It drills a hole in >> a tree just large enough to hold an Acorn, shoves one in the hole >> pointed end first and then eats the insides after pecking the proximal >> end away. More often they drill many holes in a tree and store Acorns for >> off season use. >> We have Hairy Woodpeckers in and out of that Ash tree many times >> per week (10-20 ?) so I am wondering if they sometimes use or try to >> use the sharp crotch of Ash branches to hold a Butternut so they can >> peel the husk away enough to open the nut. >> I tried eating Butternuts some decades ago and, drawing on memory, >> the husk is readily removed after leaf-fall and the meat is rich and >> good to eat without any treatment. >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4455/10903 - Release Date: >> 10/28/15 >> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4455/10903 - Release Date: 10/28/15 >
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