Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A walnut sapling being placed into the ground - Jan Dlutko/Shutterstock Planting the right type of tree can possibly make your ...

It was an auspicious occasion when Berks County Farm Agent Charles Adams planted a treelet in Reading’s City Park on Arbor Day 1932. A black walnut, the treelet was planted in observance of the 200th ...

For the last couple of years, I’ve been trying to buy a walnut tree. For a long time, I thought this would be impossible. It wasn’t the expense; my savings could stretch that far. The issue was ...

For many urban gardeners, a black walnut is not a friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, it has a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

Warmer, drier summers and extreme weather events considered possible as the climate changes would be especially troublesome -- possibly fatal -- for walnut trees, according to researchers. Warmer, ...

The spur bearing trait of the Hickman Walnut makes it especially desirable for black walnut orchards. Agronomists at the University of Missouri have created a new cultivar of black walnut that grows ...

Money may not grow on trees, but for Three Rivers city officials, walnuts may be the next best thing. The Three Rivers City Commission on Tuesday agreed to hire a professional forester to mark and ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

About 2,000 black walnut trees are in abundance in a 90-acre wooded area near Baldwin City owned by Jackie Kennedy. Thousand Cankers disease threatens Kansas trees. To prevent the spread of this ...

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 ...