I haven't gotten my price sheet in the mail yet for this fall, but last year I made some money picking black gum and ironwood. I harvested enough black gum in a couple hours to buy a CD player for my truck. It was easy picking too. Just lay down tarps and whack the branches with a pole.
In past years I've picked and sold witch hazel(picked over 500 lbs one year), hemlock cones, birch, sugar maple seed, and dogwood berries.
I'm thinking that the pickings will be slim this fall because of a late freeze here. I checked the other day and there are some black gum. There was also some winterberry and nannyberry where I checked, but I don't think there was a market for either last year.
Here's a pic of some winterberry;
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Post by wrightbrothers on Aug 26, 2007 8:40:08 GMT -5
Pretty nice looking Black Walnuts here, I may plant a bunch this fall. Maybe have a couple for you at rondy time. Still didn't get the other english ones planted. Pap said wait until fall. They are in excellent condition and well tended.
The maters you gave me, one is dead in garden, other is great shape in pot. I'll take cuttings to fool around with this winter.
Pretty nice looking Black Walnuts here, I may plant a bunch this fall. Maybe have a couple for you at rondy time. Still didn't get the other english ones planted. Pap said wait until fall. They are in excellent condition and well tended.
The maters you gave me, one is dead in garden, other is great shape in pot. I'll take cuttings to fool around with this winter.
Thanks for the update Jeff. Those tomatoes are in my greenhouse. They're doing great. I've already eaten some of them. Since you mentioned it, I may replant some of the suckers to keep them going as well, since the seed will be pretty much worthless.
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Post by wrightbrothers on Aug 26, 2007 8:56:17 GMT -5
since the seed will be pretty much worthless.
Mom nature has a way of keeping a percentage viable for a long time, like a hundred years I have read. Of couse those are hybridized. If you want another batch let me know.
Are they thick skinned? Good quality? I'm pretty sure they are bread to pick preripe, and ship. They dominated the local stores around here in winter for years.
Girl I got them from moved away, if I see her I'll pick her brain about them.
Post by wrightbrothers on Aug 26, 2007 9:39:47 GMT -5
;D
Think I found a good seed source. Bought an early watermellon from the Dutch, ripe in early August, I'm saving those as I never found a Wmellon seed I liked.
Those could have been handed down for ever. Unless they imported them.