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chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:05:18 AM   
pahunkboy


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I planted 47 trees. aint none of them better be stolen!
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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:07:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Why is walnut valuable wood?  We have two of them at this house...the wood doesn't look too valuable to me.  Limbs break without much strain..etc.
I doubt anyone is going to want to steal your tiny trees.  You have to wait 15 years until they are full grown...then they will steal them from you.


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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:16:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		walnut is hardwood.   also best to have 2- as the pollinate eachother. i love walnut trees

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:19:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		yeah, well we also have 5 squirrels that call our yard home.  I didn't even see a single walnut on the trees this year.  I did see 2 on the ground that they dropped as the dog chased them out of the yard.
No big deal though I can't see myself peeling that crap off and sanitizing it or whatever you have to do to get to the nut inside.



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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:28:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		Walnut is a highly sought after wood for fine cabinetry. this has been going on for years. for boards wider than 8" it can be as high as 9.00 a board foot. Thw theives put car mufflers on chain saws and cut the trees down at night

Jeff

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:40:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		If it was me i,d steal them and hybrid the wood, make some prized bows, Then sell them off at well over a hundred each by the end of a few years.

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:54:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		hmm. i wonder if i should spike my trees when they get bigger. and put a label as such on em

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 7:55:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Better yet.just lable them as spiked...:) It is possible you may one day wish to sell some of them. Spiked trees, make the guys at the saw mill very unhappy

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 8:03:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		the trick w trees is to intermix slow and fast growing. then when the slowgrowing get big cut down the softwoods..to allow the hardwood to flourish.

Among the trees i planted are the messy pine trees. the kind w sap. then a buddy told me the draw ants!! so i intend to keep them miniature where they are cutsie. [my buddy made his place into a gingerbread house and the value skyrocketed]

so rose bushes and blue spruces are mixed in. naturally a smaller tree is cheaper-

this year i want to turn more of my yard into wild preserve. [i HATE to mow- but LOVE to garden!]

i have 2 rock gardens- I want to build a 2 story water fall.   last year a huge avalache came down a mountain outside of town- well now some GREAT pretty rocks are available for free.  before that i paid $50 for a few rocks delievered. tho the can cost $300.

rocks downt die. but they can disintegrate...and the pretty side can settle and flip it so the garden isnt is tall or pretty.  when i bought my place i planned to add a roof deck. my bro said he would do the work and figure $600. but seeing how much remodling costs- i think i wont do it.  especially when there is somuch else to do repair and upgradewise...

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RE: chk this out- trees being stolen - 2/19/2008 8:06:26 AM   
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Better yet.just lable them as spiked...:) It is possible you may one day wish to sell some of them. Spiked trees, make the guys at the saw mill very unhappy

Jeff


Good idea Jeff.  I wish I had the room for walnut trees. Walnut is in my favorite category. mulberry is cool too- olive, oak,

i dont care for weeping willow- and HATE cottenwood trees

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