[Crowbob]

Two things. Masting, the process of producing ‘excessive’ nuts, is normal and cyclical. Second, the volume of fruit (in this case, walnuts) does not indicate the severity of the coming winter. It indicates the overall health of the tree.

Trees bearing fruits (or nuts in this case) overproduce fruit (nuts) is an ultimate resistance against their inevitable demise. However, typically, the velocity of the demise of the tree is quite unpredictable.

So, be comforted in that the tree has reached, and maybe gone beyond, the typical range of its lifespan.

Question is, ‘Who goes first; you or the tree?