Just awesome Tom.. Its been great following your progression. And boy you have come a long way...Very cool...
The dunstan chestnuts were shipped to my local Walmart this weekend. I kept asking the garden dept manager if he knew when they would be in and he had no idea they were even coming. They shipped exactly what the chestnut hill website said. I snatched up every 7 gallon tree they had. When I picked them up the manager asked if I worked for Walmart because he couldn't figure out how I knew when they were coming and how many they were getting.
Nice! I hope they do great for you. How much are they now?
The 7 gallon trees are $40 and the 3 gallon trees are $30. That is less than what Chestnut Hill shows on their website. I was surprised to see the Central Square Walmart on the list. That worked out very well for me.
Yes, I saw that. They weren't last year. I didn't see any of the bigger ones last year- only 3 gallon. you'll be off to a good start! Are you fishing the pickerel tourney this weekend?
I am on call for work and I need to stick fairly close to home so I won't be in that tourney. I bet that one is a lot of fun, not serious like these walleye tourneys. When my son is a little older I think I will get into it.I might sneak out one morning for a bit and try to fool a couple of eyes into becoming dinner though.
You don't have much trouble fooling eyes! I'm really looking forward to hitting Oneida for the first time this weekend. If not for working on camp... I'd have been out pretty much every day since the opener, way overdue. Good luck out there!
Have you thought about using the grow tubes? It sounds like they work really well on Chestnut trees. The growth rates are unreal. From what I read they are not the best for apple trees though.
I hope she gets a bird this weekend. Turkeys seem dumb until you put camo on and grab a shotgun. It is interesting that they say the chestnuts need full sun. It would make more sense that they do better in filtered sun. My plots are small so they don't get full sun all day anyway. Maybe that is a good thing.