Ripe Conkers yet ?

jollyanna

I found a shiny Conker lying on the ground by my pond this morning. I was surprised as I thought it was early for Conkers, it was not in it's shell and no shell to be seen and the nearest known conker tree to me is roughly a quarter of a mile away. I'm assuming that a Squirrel had bought it to the garden and got frightened off before it had a chance to bury it or it stopped for a drink at my pond and forgot to collect his nut ! Has anyone seen ripe conkers this month ?

kimmee

Not yet, am on the lookout because last year I collected some and placed them in strategic places in my house as they are meant to deter spiders :eek:

It seemed to work so this year I want to collect bucket loads :rotfl:

TravellingAbuela

Oooh that's a good tip I have never heard before, I hate spiders! I know where there are horse chestnut trees in abundance and will do a detour there this weekend to see if any ripe! If so the house will be decorated with them!

tootallulah

I saw my first shiny conker on the path in the park this morning. It does seem really early to me.

twiglet98

Not falling here yet, I need to refresh my spider-deterrent bowls too!

LJM

ooh hope its soon me and my broode love collecting conkers great fun, i also noticed that we have blackberries nearly ready here too yum

lola34

I drove past a large horse chesnut tree the other day that looked like the leaves were turning brown already:eek:

Lotus-eater

lola34 wrote: »

I drove past a large horse chesnut tree the other day that looked like the leaves were turning brown already:eek:

That's because of the terrible problems they are having atm, it's been going on for a few years.

http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/trees/horse-chestnut-national-survey-of-leaf-miner-moth/