Walter Reeves answers Atlanta-area lawn and garden questions, including the value of the lumber from backyard black walnut trees, and who's who in the world of Joro spiders.

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While the trees spring up northward, rising temperatures would stress established black walnut trees in the southeast, making them more vulnerable to diseases like thousand cankers disease.

BUFFALO, March 30.--Unusual quantities of black walnut lumber have been passing east from points in Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa for some weeks past.

The black walnut, Juglans nigra, is a tree with a beautiful wood and a nut that has a good flavor. It can grow as high as 100 feet, and is unusually attractive to fall webworms. It is at home on de… ...

Indiana ranked fourth in the nation in the volume of cubic feet of black walnut lumber it produced in 2004, said Elizabeth Jackson at Purdue University’s Hardwood Tree Improvement & Regeneration ...

In some cases, black walnut lumber can be valued at around $5,000. Lauren said Anderson was purchasing the trees for a couple of hundred bucks.

Thousand cankers disease, which kills black walnut trees, has been confirmed in 15 states. Now experts are warning people to avoid moving firewood or lumber this winter to prevent spreading the ...

Even walnut leaves, bark and wood (or mulch) can cause injury in such landscape plants as azalea, rhododendron, crabapple, lilac, pine and peony -- and are death to tomatoes, eggplants and peppers.

In some cases, black walnut lumber can be valued at around $5,000. Lauren said Anderson was purchasing the trees for a couple of hundred bucks.