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I don't know if they'd grow here, but they sure do look awesome!wayne fajkus wrote:Pecan tree.
I looked into olives, and I don't think they'll thrive where I'm at. It gets rather cold, and we have--at most--4 hours of direct winter sun, as we're on a north-facing slope . I was really excited about olives, though! I love that they often live for 1,000+ years! As for the oaks, are there any oaks that grow/branch-out sooner? My mom planted one about 25 years ago, and it is still one skinny, scraggly-looking tree...Dale Hodgins wrote:I'd go with the oak and plant some fruit. Olives are probably the longest lived food tree.
We definitely will!Dale Hodgins wrote:Get pictures by his tree(s).
I had to look these up, as I'd never heard of them! I read that they're not good for eating, but is that just the flavor,; or is there more to it than that? My parents actually have a cider press that we make (non-alcoholic) apple cider on every fall. We don't drink alcohol, but would the perry pears be good for regular, unfermented cider? I love how old these trees get, as well as the history behind them, and the fact that they can cross-pollinate our other pears. It'd be great if we could make use of them for eating/drinking, too!John Wolfram wrote:How about a Perry Pear tree. They can live 200+ years, and it may take until your little one is of legal age to produce a nice amount of Perry.
John Wolfram wrote:How about a Perry Pear tree
I've never actually eaten a proper perry pear,Nicole Alderman wrote:We don't drink alcohol, but would the perry pears be good for regular, unfermented cider?
Leila Rich wrote:
John Wolfram wrote:How about a Perry Pear tree
I've never actually eaten a proper perry pear,Nicole Alderman wrote:We don't drink alcohol, but would the perry pears be good for regular, unfermented cider?
but I think they have high tannin levels like proper cider apples
and without the fermentation/aging process of making alcohol, the tannins could be pretty...tannic
I'm thinking in the opposite direction to the 'long-lived' theme; of course I can see the symbolism,
but maybe consider things that suit a child's tastes and that fruit young.
Do apples grow well in your area? A heritage apple on full-sized roots/stock can live a very long time.
I strongly suggest not planting something that you're not confident will do well where you are.
Over here it's quite common for hippie types to bury their child's placenta under a tree.
My brother's birth tree limped along, then died.
My brother is well and truly alive, but it's not a great look!
Nicole Alderman wrote: people have drank unfermented cider for hundreds of years. I wouldn't think they'd use different apples than are in alcoholic cider (I may be wrong, though), so perry pears might be okay unfermented, especially if they are pressed in the same batch of cider as the apples. Right? What do you think?
I'm not familiar with white mulberries, but I do know I don't like the smell of gingko fruit when you run it over with a lawnmowerNicole Alderman wrote:We still haven't picked a tree We've been thinking about gingko, perry pear, or white mulberries. Any thoughts about those?
Nicole Alderman wrote:Any other fun or climbable or cool or edible or useful trees that live at least 100 years?
Thank you!Jack Edmondson wrote: First, congratulations on the birth of you son. I think it is a wonderful gesture for him to plant a tree he grow old alongside.
Jack Edmondson wrote: Since you are in the NW, I would suggest a Pacific Madrona. They are in decline. The wood is very good quality. The berries are edible. They grow quickly, and live 200-250 years. However, they perfer a western slope well drained slope.
Instead, I would suggest a Pacific Yew tree. Also unique to your area. A nice evergreen with small bright red berries. Very slow growing, but will live hundreds of years. In the lowlands (below 2500 feet) are fairly rare. It produces a chemical that is used in treatment cancer.
I like the idea of the fig tree! I'll have to look into them to see how well they'd do on our property, but I love their edibility, lifespan, and biblical connotations. I hadn't thought of eucalyptus. I'll have to look into them now!Leila Rich wrote:English walnut, smaller-growing eucalyptus, cherry, fig.
Actually, figs are awesome climbing trees, fruit really fast and I think they can live a long time...
henry stevenson wrote:Im in the sw of england and I was planning something similar for my nieces, although for their christenings.
Only been thinking about it a couple of days but my thinking is leaning towards willow.
It doesnt make anything edible, but theyre pretty robust, produce basketry materials, and they can live a long time. Plus our woods are very wet and my nieces are from somerset and willows are iconically connected with somerset. We already have a couple growing okay in shadow from other trees.
Ooooooh! We might just take you up on this offer! We live near Monroe, so Bothell is definitely not too far away. We have one seedling apple, but it's only two feet tall, and we have NO idea what type of apple it would produce.Eric Thompson wrote: I think the NW screams for an apple or pear! If you want it to live 100 years, a non-grafted tree may be a safer bet. My micro-nursery has some antonovka seedlings - for free if you are near Bothell or I-5 into Oregon...
I will look into them. I don't know if they grow here or not. I'm actually amazed by the things that supposadly can grow here. Who would have thought Szechuan peppers, kiwis and figs could grow in the Pacific Northwest!Wayne Mackenzie wrote:I think a Chestnut would be cool.
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Leila Rich wrote:
Re sweet chestnuts: the ones I'm familiar with have some demanding pollination requirements;
I also stood on plenty of prickly chestnut shells as a kid, and I can confirm it's no fun at all
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Leila Rich wrote:
Re sweet chestnuts: the ones I'm familiar with have some demanding pollination requirements;
I also stood on plenty of prickly chestnut shells as a kid, and I can confirm it's no fun at all
Reading that, I don't think a chestnut will work. Though we have 5 acres, two of it is protected wetlands, and most of the rest is shady and wooded. We only have about 1/2-1 acre of actual sunny land for growing, and it looks like I'd need three chestnuts and they'd eat up the whole area. Too bad, though, that will leave my kid(s) to throw sticks and bracken ferns at each other, since we don't even have any good throwing cones (hemlock cones are so tiny that they don't throw well!). I have very fond memories of "Pine" cone wars with my neighbors, throwing douglas fir cones at each other. Throwing the Bracken Ferns like spears is also really fun; my brother and I did that a lot!Wayne Mackenzie wrote:Just FYI on the Chestnuts - http://www.washingtonchestnut.com/index.html
David Livingston wrote: Has to be Walnut
long lived , Nuts very productive plus their great great grandchildren could benifit from the wood in a hundred years or so
Your request remided me of this story from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10204759
Ken Peavey wrote: How about a sugar maple?
Can be climbed in a few years
Long lifespan
provides shade in the summer, color in the fall, leaves for winter cover, sap in the early spring for syrup
An added bonus is the helicopters (seed pods) the kids can stick on their noses.
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Ken Peavey wrote:It's the sharpness of temperature decline at night that brings out the intense colors.
Nicole Alderman wrote:
Ken Peavey wrote:It's the sharpness of temperature decline at night that brings out the intense colors.
That makes sense. It doesn't. however, explain why I have a property of alders with leaves that don't even really change color . They just get kinda dingy and then fall off. My Big Leaf Maples at least change color, albeit not as bright as the sugar maples...
Dale Hodgins wrote:
The purpose of chestnut trees is to provide children with projectiles both smooth and prickly. A prickly one in a wool sock makes a nice weapon. Lots of fun.Leila Rich wrote:I also stood on plenty of prickly chestnut shells as a kid, and I can confirm it's no fun at all
Wayne Mackenzie wrote:Here in Az., we play on & around vegetation far thornier than Chestnuts.
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