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I'm planting/transplanting black walnuts at every opportunity. They won't be harvested in my lifetime. But, a couple of generations of care and there should be some good stuff!

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I planted twenty five pecan trees when I was a kid. Only 12 of them are still alive today, but they are substantial. There were three different types and it has been so long I can not for the life of me remember what they were today. If you want to see squirrels (gray tree rats) in their glory, go there in September. I intend to take my grandson there squirrel hunting, when he turns five like my grandfather took me at that age. I even have a Remington Model 12 .22 like my grandfather had. If he likes hunting I'll leave him that section of woods so he can take is grandson some day. I'll even add a few more trees there for them to enjoy.

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There is nothing like pecans to draw squirrels. Not to mention they are pretty tasty in and of themselves while you are waiting for the next squirrel to show up. I always liked hunting around pecans in the early fall in Georgia.

In the meantime, I have two giant slabs of crotch walnut drying in my barn loft right now. They came from a tree I cut in my lower pasture last winter. One day, it would be nice to have a rifle and shotgun stocked with wood from my own property.


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KY Jon,
If you want to make a good deer hunter out of a kid, teach him to hunt squirrels.
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Planting trees is a passion of mine on our property in Idaho. On our certified tree farm, which we manage for timber, I've planted American Chestnut, some almond and pecan trees. I planted a few hicans last year but they didn't make it. I'll attempt a few more when I have more time to take care of them properly.

Years ago I mentioned to my dad that he should plant some walnut trees for the wood, citing an article I read about the profitability after a certain number of years. His response "hell I won't live long enough to see them mature and who's going to take care of them. He didn't plant the numbers that I suggested but he evidently listened somewhat and planted 5-6 of the thin shell Carpathian variety. They're very large now and producing a heavy crop of nuts on a yearly basis and as a side note, he'll be 93 in a couple of weeks has lived long enough to harvest them if he cared to.


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That's where the money is, Don. An Italian hopped on a plane to look at a black walnut in Ontario 20 years ago, paid $25,000 for it. They're planted by the acre some parts of Nova Scotia. My brother and I weren't successful; deer a problem.

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I rip them out root and stem on all my properties.
Anywhere a squirrel buries one they sprout.
They ruin decks, window wells, and basement walls.
They poison the ground under themselves so nothing else can grow there as well.

Grow them where you don't want anything else.


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Yum, pecan pie. Trees can be a connection to our past and our future. Honestly at my age few trees will grow big enough that Ill ever see them harvested. But I planted 300 cedar trees on two of my farms because they make great Dove roost and nesting habitat. My sons and I have planted almost 50 walnut trees which we rarely even get a nut from. Besides picking out black walnuts is not a favorite pastime of mine. I even planted a couple Filbert trees because we had them on our farm when I was a boy.

The business side tells me to plant pine trees because they grow so quickly Id most likely still see one harvest in my lifetime. The leave it in better shape for the next generation part of me tells me to plant trees for wildlife and family to enjoy. But if I get a couple pecan pies out of it Ill be happy. And maybe a smiling grandson.

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I have made a couple of shotgun stocks from walnut I sliced out of a stump off my dad's property which I now own. Guess that fits fairly well in the "raising your own stock blanks" category. Also made a couple of ukuleles from the same stump.


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Sam, that's pretty interesting. Any chance of seeing a few pictures of the guns AND the ukuleles?


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