Growing Nuts in Your Backyard Nut Trees - Growing Tips Although
written specifically for nut growers in Illinois, this is an
excellent handbook on all facets of growing nuts: choosing,
planting, pruning and protecting from pests. Pecans - Growing
Pecans Pecans make an excellent landscaping tree. This fact
sheet provides easy to follow planting and growing instructions
with excellent diagrams. Here's a general timeline for when to
harvest nuts from trees. Keep in mind that times will vary by
region. If this is your first year growing a nut tree, keep
careful watch for squirrels and other raiders. They're not as
patient as you. Tree Nut ID A quick photo guide to identifying
common types of nuts, plus how and when to harvest them. Nut
Photo Gallery Would you recognize an almond on the tree? How
about a pistachio? Nuts have a lot of protective covering that
never winds up in the grocery store. About.com's Guide to Trees
and Shrubs has put together an interesting photo gallery of
common nuts as they look while gro