Free to a good home!

[jdmidwest]

I had a plan about 20 years ago for the farm. We have a marginal area of about 30 acres that I wanted to plant in walnut trees. Dad had a cow.

My dad hates walnuts, first tree to drop leaves in fall, last tree to leave out in the spring, Then there are the walnut hulls. Our houseplace at the farm is surrounded by walnuts for some reason I still have not found out why. I made spending money when I was a kid cracking and shelling walnuts for my grandpa's store. My other grandpa died of a stroke or massive heart attack one night in his sleep after picking walnuts at the farm that day.

I love the color and grain of walnut wood and like working with it. I would rather pick walnuts and hull them than drive over a mess of acorns all day long. And the hulls make a good irritant to get worms to come to the top. Nowdays, you just have to pick them up and take them to a buyer and not have to mess with the rest. They are a money making tree.

If it were not so heavy and dense, I would make a beehives out of it. I am tempted to make one anyway for show. I would have the local mill saw me a board or two.

[Gavin]

Neighbor has a bunch that need to come down. What does come down is nice sized for fire logs but react to the smell when you burn it. Worse than piss elm.

[Parent83]

Still have all the walnut?