Today, it's hard to believe the 288 acres of the Martin Walnut Tree Farm were nothing more than plowed ground when Dr. Richard Martin bought the land 26 years ago. It took about three or four ...

Richard Martin has operated a walnut tree farm south of Gordonville for nearly 40 years. His methods are producing walnuts with higher kernel yield and larger trunks than average, and he will ...

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Since walnut trees tend to be crooked, and fork close to the ground, they rarely make long, straight saw logs on their own. ... For more information call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at ...

Walnut Crest Farm officially became a Maine Farmland Trust Forever Farm on Dec. 1. ... Three centuries ago, the land was beneath a stand of pine and hemlock trees, Rines said.

MCDOWELL — Christoph Herby stands inside his 96-square-foot sugar shed and watches the sap hauled from his black walnut trees boil. Steam rises from the evaporator and the air smells ...

A black walnut tree is easy to grow from a nut. But to grow and produce nuts takes eight to 10 years. Squirrels help bury more walnuts on the property.