On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:34:12 -0400, wrote:

>Salutations, gentlefolk,
>
>Did a bit of research and found that the little green tennisballs
>falling in my front yard actually contain black walnuts.
>
>Any advice on how to seperate the edible part from the "containers'',
>and prepare them ?

Dry them, then separate by hand, if they didn't fall out naturally.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardand...404blkwal.html
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/champa...rs/991002.html
http://www.bigredcouch.com/journal/a...k_walnuts.html

>
>Second, another walnut tree a few houses down has a gypsy moth nest
>among its branches. Any advice on how this investation oughta be
>dealt with, and how to persuade the owner to deal with it ?
>

Call your local Department of Food and Agriculture and let them deal
with the problem.



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Mae West