Walnut Winter

I planted sixty black walnut trees on Purple Lark Farm. I originally intended one hundred. Each tree is expected to produce thirty bushels of walnuts. It takes about eight years before you see any walnuts. I have no idea what the family will do with 1800 bushels of walnuts. I think it will be an awakening - a boon for the squirrels. My intent was the wood in thirty or forty years as financial security for grandkids and their kids. What an idealist! They most likely won’t want to cut the trees, for environmental reasons. Or, the property, if the nut falls close to the tree, will be long sold be harvest time.

I snowshoed by some walnut trees the other day, just to take a winter look. I captured the image below, with a nice winter backdrop.

Walnut Winter