I spent most of the day cutting down a dead English walnut that has been growing in my 90 year old mother's back yard for about 50 years. Its been dead for over a year. (I'll be glad to get back to work next week so I can quit doing good deeds and repair projects) I brought home a good pick-up load of wood. There are two more loads to haul away tomorrow, also there are 5-6 loads of small limbs to haul away.
I've seen the wood listed for sale in various places so somebody is turning it. There is a lot of crotch wood, some interesting spalting like lines, and generally a lot of character. I'll definitely make blanks out of some of it, but is English walnut good enough and rare enough to save it all? Three big pick-up loads, that is probably well over a ton of wood.
The tree was just over 30 inches at the stump. The main trunk was only about four feet fall and then it split into four major limbs. It was a beautiful tree when it was alive, like a 50 foot tall shrub, it must have shaded half an acre. It never did have many walnuts and when it did they were pretty much tasteless.
I've seen the wood listed for sale in various places so somebody is turning it. There is a lot of crotch wood, some interesting spalting like lines, and generally a lot of character. I'll definitely make blanks out of some of it, but is English walnut good enough and rare enough to save it all? Three big pick-up loads, that is probably well over a ton of wood.
The tree was just over 30 inches at the stump. The main trunk was only about four feet fall and then it split into four major limbs. It was a beautiful tree when it was alive, like a 50 foot tall shrub, it must have shaded half an acre. It never did have many walnuts and when it did they were pretty much tasteless.
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