Hello,
I've read with great interest a number of your reader's posts and the excellent, quality answers you provide regarding all things black walnut. I've been researching, reading, and studying just about anything I can get my hands on with respect to growing these trees. I recently put down Bruce Thompson's 'Black Walnut for Profit,' and if I took away one major point, it was that seemingly few things match the importance of proper site selection when looking to begin growing BW trees. So I have the bug, I am dying to get started with som GS Pudue seedlings, but have no idea how to find a 10-20 acre peice of proprty that 'fits the bill' for site selection (soil, drainage, depth, pH, etc)...especially living from Virginia!?
I would appreciate any and all candid advice you could give me as to how I could/should go about identifying the RIGHT piece of land for starting my BW plantation from afar!! I'm focusing on MO, IA, IN and IL. Any thoughts? Can I hire someone to do this? Are there companies that will? Clues to look for?
I'm dying to get started! Please help! Thanks again for your excellent posts.
Chip Virginia