While trying to get photos for the little story about coppicing and seeing nuts on a branch I avoid cutting, I wanted phots to show how the tree is now coming out, up, and around from where it was chainsawed 2 or 3 years ago. Just luck that some sort of newt or lizard (maybe not a gecko this time?) came up onto the coppiced part.. I can't remember the names of all the different lizard-like creatures around here. Some kids I saw yesterday had one that may have been a different kind. They were outside with bug nets with a teach from the after-school facility (and Saturdays too to meet the needs of over-worked parents...) The teacher was telling the names of 3 different lizard-like species.. I generally can only remember two YaMori (Home Protectors? because the geckos eat bugs? around the house?) and IMori (a longer darker shinier kind that you don't see in or on the house so much just among the rocks and bushes around the house... Or maybe I'm thinking of the KanaHebi? Whatever is not a gecko I just refer to as Imori... If I should be more vague/ambiguous to avoid mistakes I should just call them snakes with legs so people know to allow for my ignorance, I gues..)

I feel an affection for the little creatures, harmless as they are. That affection usually helps me avoid the urge to catch them and let the chickens to their imitation of Jurassic Park with them.

#Lizard #LIzardLikeCreature #NotAGecko #イモリ ？ #カナヘビ ？ #Newt #NewtLikeCreature #WalnutTree #Coppice

More walnuts on a branch I had been tempted to cut.This branch hangs over the parking area a bit so I'm thinking maybe it should be cut before a typhoon comes and bashed it repeatedly onto a car. I guess we could just make sure no cars are under it during a typhoon. The tree probably helps provide protection from stuff sent flying around during typhoons. It was probably bushes just inside a wall by the road that kept part of the neighbors car port from hitting some of our big sliding door windows... Trees probably don't get enough credit for protecting the neighborhood, not just they way they help keep the temperatures down a bit during extreme heat.. I saw a landscaping teacher give a presentation about how trees kept homes from sliding into streets during the big Kobe earthquake. Trucks and other equipment can get around the city much quicker if homes do not have to be removed from the roadways first. During typhoons it's fascinating to watch the tree branches waving around, never all in the same direction, adjusting to the winds. As long as you're sensible about spacing and trimming trees so they don't fall on the house I imagine they protect buildings from the high winds a bit too.. It would be great to surround the house with these walnut trees, even up close. Just coppice them so they don't get tall enough to fall over. They could cool the house away from the sun in the summer, and let the sun hit during the winter after the leaves fall in the autumn... This tree was cut low 2 or 3 years ago and came back with a vengeance. I wonder how much coppicing (萌芽更新、 蘖、 ひこばえ) could contribute to energy independence, viewed holistically all the costs and benefits compared to fossil fuels and whatnot...
#WalnutTree #Walnuts #クルミ #胡桃 #胡桃木 #クルミの木 #クルミ木

It was too much trouble to crack the little walnuts from a local place. I put a couple into terracotta pots that were already in use with squash, or tomatoes or something from the compost bins. Later I started yanking plants out of the pots to make space for fresh compost and maybe some new seeds.. Lucky the sprout held onto its walnut shell and the whole plant great roots and all came up. I so stuff like this a lot without expecting much but just like to give the plants a chance to live. It was lucky! Now I have this great shade tree that gives walnuts too! The smell of the leaves is nice: reminds me of the Black Walnut trees in Pennsylvania. The tree makes the are feel cooler, such a relief in the evening while out by the car and woodpiles no to have the sun hitting directly. Last year caterpillars ate all the leaves, but the tree put out new leaves and there were walnuts too. The first couple years all the branches fell off each year, not just the leaves. I didn't expect much, but it's nice to give plants a chance to live. I was tempted to cut off this low hanging branch in case it was shading a part of the little garden area, kept putting it off. And now the low branch has a cluster or nuts. Hurray for putting things off, especially when putting off work means more carbon sequestration!! The more leaves, the larger the weeds, the more ground cover I get for all the dirt the chickens keep exposed. I have to remember to walk by the nearest public housing complex on the third Sunday again. Each household has to volunteer somebody for maintenance. Walking by with Maron last year I got permisson to haul 20 or so bags of cut grass and pulled weeds. It kept the chickens' dirt patch fluffy and pleasant for months! It seems like the can kick-pull the biomass around and dig under for all sorts of snacks. It's all loose dirt by now.. TIme for more ground cover! Biomass!! It's a shame people are in such a rush to burn and hide stuff...
#Walnuts #WalnutTree #胡桃 #クルミ #胡桃木

Precious walnut tree in my garden, October 2022, Northern Germany

When the walnuts are ripe the green shell breaks and the nut falls to the ground.
Then the race starts of who finds it first, squirrel, raven or gardener

#photography #gardening #nature #gardenLove #trees #organicGardening #walnutTree

friday cheminée 🌶
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