I have an old walnut tree and was told I could sell to a walnut company for harvesting?

Question

Does anyone know how I could find one?

What time of year is good for harvesting?

I was told they want the walnuts not the lumber but i'm sure they use that too

Answer 1

Peggy,

This link will bring you to a place where they buy the walnuts from you. But I would urge you not to destroy the tree itself. Perhaps I am a bit of a tree hugger, but it is not easy to find old growth walnut and it would be a real shame to just sell it off for lumber. Unless you are under 6 yrs old, you could never replace the tree in your lifetime.

http://www.tradekey.com/kb-walnut/

Peace,

Buzzy

Answer 2

If you want to sell your walnut tree for lumber, contact a lumber yard. Not one that sells lumber, one that mills it. You might be able to find a lumber mill in the phone book, hard to say without knowing where you live. Sometimes people advertise for walnut trees to cut down, check your newspaper. However, sometimes they won't buy a tree from an urban yard, because there might be nails or something in the tree, and that would tear up their saw blades when they try to mill it. But walnut trees are always valuable, you can ask. Or put an ad in the paper, someone who does woodworking might be interested.

Answer 3

We had to cut down a walnut tree and gave the wood on freecycle to several craftsmen who were really happy to have it. One made musical instruments and one carved the wood into sculptures. Just don't sell it for firewood, the craftsmen can really do something beautiful with it and might even pay good money for this beautiful wood.