Walnut tree is not valuable for lumber
By Walter Reeves, For the AJC Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden Q: I have two black walnut trees close to my house. I need to get them taken down and I wonder if there are avenues available to sell the valuable lumber. Tim Thompson, Cartersville A: My mother thought the same about a black walnut tree on our property. But although walnut lumber is expensive to purchase, it is not usually harvested from backyard trees. Your trees probably have several branches within 10 feet of the ground. This makes the lumber from the tree undesirable due to the limb defects. In addition,…