Re: Spring Tree Order
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:25 pm
I sent in my tree order today. I bought 4 Chinese Chestnuts , 2 mulberry and 2 Halls Almond trees from Gurneys with their 1 day 50% off sale today. I also bought 2 Hybrid Pawpaw trees, 3 different Filbert nut/ Hazel nut trees, and 2 northern Hardy Pecan trees from Millers Nursery out of NY State. I paid full price at Millers but they have named varieties that I specifically wanted, gurneys have just sort of a generic brand of tree, and often only one type. I am looking forward to spring planting. I plan on planting 2 of the chestnuts at my hunting camp and 2 in the upper field. The Pecans and the Mulberries will also go into the upper field which is past the orchard and there is plenty of room out there. The filberts/hazelnuts and the almonds will all go in a line along the road where the power company had clear cut my privacy barrier. I have already planed a row of fairly high decorative grass along there and I plan on planting a row of Butterfly bushes behind the grass, then the nuts behind that toward the house. That should fill in and give me back the privacy that I want, and the nut trees should not get high enough to mess with the power lines. The trees should get good light there along the road and the nuts should be easy to gather up along there too. The upper field is a bit out of the way when it comes to picking, it was more a matter of space for the larger trees. The Pawpaws will go in the orchard and replace some peach trees that died a few years back. I wish I had made a better permaculture plan 30 years ago, unfortunately I had never heard of the idea until 2 or 3 years ago. So now I have to just sort of fill things in where ever I have the space keeping in mind the size of the trees and what will shade out what as they grow. Larger trees to the northern side toward the steep hillside. The upper field already has a couple of oak trees and a black walnut growing up there, as well as a bunch of native trees like sassafras and wild cherry , maple, pine and toby trees.