Bare root trees LOCAL pickup onlyIn mid spring we reach a point where the bare root trees begin to leaf out. At this point we stop shipping bare root trees as they become more sensitive to that sort of travel. However until summer really heats things up there is still time for bare root trees to be distributed and planted locally. Here we have detailed all remaining available bare root plants which are currently available for local pickup only. If you have questions about any of

The dehusking and cracking of the nuts can be intimidating but I really enjoy the process

If you are reading this in fall and have interest to forage your own acorns I (Nick) highly encourage you to do so

There are very few places where you can find so many different high quality black walnut varieties growing in one place

The 2024 mix came from several different sources thanks to our good friend Cameron who gifted us this seed

It will grow in full sun but it can experience heat and water stress

A note on thorn-lessness:

Many of you may be familiar with Akiva's work in the tree realm

as well as overall productivity ranges widely in the wild population

The trees can self-pollinate but to get good nut production multiple trees are required

we recommend looking at the research being done by Dr

Our patch also has some tubers given to us at a seed swap in Durham

Both of these orchards contain dozens of cultivar quality American persimmon varieties including named varieties and unnamed crosses