Arnold, It's a California thing -- they grow here. I guess they grow in Florida too, and of course, Hawai'i. Anyway, we can and do get them in the shell, and then we have a lot of fun trying to open them. Tarmac isn't hard enough -- a cement sidewalk and a hammer work if you can prevent the sperical nuts from scooting away from the hammer. David ________________________________ From: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold@nj.rr.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 6:39:34 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Question about pest mammals and bulbs Celeste: My feeling is that you know way too much about macadamia shell hardness, what gives? Arnold _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/