Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Sorry for the wrong link Don. I had multiple tabs open, trying to read his earlier post that might have had more info on him.

RNG, don't worry about my skin being to thin.

Drew, I read if you plant 50 acres of black walnuts, your kids or grandkids will be rich in about 50 years from the wood.

 

[riptides]

Drew, I read if you plant 50 acres of black walnuts, your kids or grandkids will be rich in about 50 years from the wood.

They will curse him endlessly for the falling branches, nuts and husking issues until time comes to harvest the tree itself.

 

[txdon]

A vfd in our county went to put out a grass fire. The owner had tried using his tractor to put it out. Barbed wire and t-post were found wrapped around the wheels and the owner died of burns.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Sad news

 

[buckeyefarmer]

They will curse him endlessly for the falling branches, nuts and husking issues until time comes to harvest the tree itself.

I don't get falling branches, but they sure do hang low when loaded. I raise my deck and mow over the nuts on the ground. Don't know where they go, after a couple weeks it seems they disappear.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Sad news Don. Apparently it isn't wet enough to burn. That must've been on one of those really windy days.

My place is sopping wet, and with this weather, it will take a month to dry out.

I didn't know black walnuts are good to eat.

Buckeye, are any of your trees big enough to saw any heartwood from the middle of the trunk? If so, they could be worth some pretty pennies.

I'd better hurry to bed before Eric catches me up typing.

Good night all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good Evening all.43F this morning, overcast with near calm winds and .5 in rain in the gauge. Temp rose to 52F some drizzle, but no sunshine. Had intended to start putting the mantle up, but needed to make a trip to Denton, then detoured to bike shop in Richardson. Did get a ride in today, as well.

 

[RoyJackson]

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29 right now...heading up to about 40 today.
Cleaned the drive and walks when I got home yesterday...hope this warm day dries everything out.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. Dry and frost free, the sky is full of grey clouds that can't make their mind up what to do next. Lots of rumbling going on outside this morning - the rail company needs to do urgent work on a slipped embankment by bringing machinery and materials down our shared driveway, then over a neighbors field to the track side. They have been bringing in a continuous stream of trucks filled with building rubble to make an access track along the field.

The shared driveway is about 450 yards long up a 10-12 degree slope. It was in a bad state before, having once been tarmaced, though most of that had worn away before I ever came here. I don't legally own it, only the right to pass over it in return for paying a quarter towards any maintenance work on it. In the past I have been the only one who has been filling the potholes. The surveyor acting for the railroad confirmed by email that any damage will be made good and that a new surface of crushed granite will be put down over the old worn out tarmac. Bups, can you give me any guidance on how thick a layer of granite would need to go over a worn out but otherwise substantially sound track ?

Drew, if you like trees that grow nuts, have you considered growing a few sweet chestnut too (Castanea sativa )? They are one of my favorites, producing nuts that can be roasted under a grill and to me taste even better than walnut. The ones I first planted from seed (nuts collected from friend's trees and a local market) 12 years ago produced their first crop this year.

 

[riptides]

43 out this AM. Soggy ground here too, a month or so to dry out. Horse pens are pure mud, so they stall and go directly to the fields.

I collected over 1,000 black walnuts from 1 tree (yeah, it is hugely, LOL). I ate one. Husking is not an issue, it's cracking the nut for a little meat. I put them in my burn pile, checked yesterday, since I walk by everyday, and the squirrels did their job. The funny part about the squirrels? When they are eating the nut, they are usually over the house., and I have a metal roof. Nice and annoying.

I collect via a bucket, since that tree sits in a landscaped, lawn type area. I have a few others that big down by the creek and a smaller version by the koi-less pond. Don't stand under any of them when the nuts are ripe. LOL.

Have a great day all, be safe.