WWA Info Exchange

For Woodworkers By Woodworkers
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:49 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: It's nearly harvest time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:51 pm 
Offline
Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:01 am
Posts: 4950
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Hey Folks,

I’m lucky enough to have my shop in an older neighborhood with a number of really old and interesting trees. Earlier this year, I showed off a dogwood tree from the neighborhood, this time it’s a venerable American chestnut ready to pop.

Image

Every year this tree is heavily laden with chestnuts that all seem to wait until the first really cold night. Then they seemingly all drop at once, causing all the neighborhood squirrels to literally “go nuts”

Image

The tree is quite large, over six feet in diameter. While this is not unusual for older chestnuts in rural areas, it is unusual to find one this big in an urban residential neighborhood. I’m pretty sure that it’s over 100 years old. The American chestnut was nearly wiped out by a chestnut blight around the beginning of the last century. Prior to that, it was a major lumber species in the eastern United States. Cultivation as a garden landscape species has preserved it for future generations.

Image

Cheers,
Tom

_________________
"There is no path to peace, peace is the path."
Mohandas K. Ghandi
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:55 pm 
Offline
Veteran

Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:48 pm
Posts: 1146
Location: Cypress, TX
Tom,
Thanks for posting.
I have never seen a chestnut tree in my life. :(
Looks pretty nice.
Can you eat them?
Zulu

_________________
Zulu's website
http://www.jmelledge.com


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:25 pm 
Offline
Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:44 am
Posts: 3951
Location: Skagit Co WA
One helluva tree! There are some real beauties, not chestnut I don't believe, up on Capitol Hill among the big old mansions that graced Seattle in years past.

_________________
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium

Cheers - Dennis


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:56 pm 
Offline
Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 1:01 am
Posts: 1305
Location: Kerrville, Texas USA
What Zulu said.

Duan

_________________
Duan Packard
Kerrville, Texas

dum vivimus, vivamus


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:16 pm 
Offline
Veteran
User avatar

Joined: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:01 am
Posts: 4950
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Hey Guys,

Yes, these chestnuts can be eaten. Think of chestnuts roasting on an open fire. We can buy them in the grocery stores here from about Halloween until New Year's. They are also great in your Thanksgiving Day stuffing! They're great garnish for winter soups, and I've even had them chopped and put in sandwiches. They're a common street food in England, and make great hand warmers until you eat them. But I think that I've eaten most of them raw, as a kid. Too many will give you a terrible gut ache though, DAMHIKT. :roll:

Cheers,
Tom

_________________
"There is no path to peace, peace is the path."
Mohandas K. Ghandi
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 22 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group