Re: Craig, in our cemmercial building which we just sold

Posted By: Steve Haines, catboats, KY Lake/panhandle
Date: 7/28/05 2:57p.m.

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In Response To: Craig, in our cemmercial building which we just sold (pic) (geneWj First Born,Bradenton,Fl.)

gene, I've read that in the Mississippi valley, early barn builders, using what was plentiful and adequate, sometimes hewn beams of walnut. Can you imagine? We have a tree farm, and planted black walnut, green ash, and pecan, as they are best suited for our soil types. The ash grow tall and fast, and the pecans go up fairly soon, with a spreading canopy. The walnuts, though, will be a long time growing, and I'll never see any of these harvested. But there's an abiding satisfaction in the notion that I'll leave this little place better than I found it. The deer, turkey, hawks and owls seem to think so, too.