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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: HayDay]
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10/17/20 09:37 AM
10/17/20 09:37 AM
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Posts: 673 higginsville, mo
headache73
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Picking up hedge apples would make a good job for kids......quick way to make $200. Only other person I know who would do it is a lady in her 80's, who probably has over $1M in CD's in various banks......drives an old beater Chevy S10, but will still walk across the room to pick up a penny. Probably why she has that much money.
Rows of hedge trees dates back to dust bowl days......they were planted in fence rows.....generally around 40 acres tracts......to help with wind erosion. Wood is magical stuff for a lot of uses. Long bows are one. Fence posts are another. A big corner hedge post will outlive the guy who set it. Wood probably has highest btu value of anything around, but if you use it for firewood, and have a long beard, better stand back. Sparks will fly. Sparks will fly off a chainsaw, too lol. That stuff is hard
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: TurkeyWrangler]
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10/17/20 10:19 AM
10/17/20 10:19 AM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,834 Michigan
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I planted a thick row on our property line about 4 years ago. Real thick intertwined branches full of sharp thorns. Hopefully it will keep my neighbors on their side.
A good straight grained tree with a 6 foot+ length log is very valuable for bow wood. It is a lot of work cutting it down, splitting off the staves, and sealing the ends with paint. There is good money to be made though.
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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10/17/20 10:34 AM
10/17/20 10:34 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,152 Northern Minnesota
BernieB.
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An Iowa chemist is extracting the seeds and making a cosmetic oil called pomifera oil. It is sold in the cosmetic industry for 85 dollars a half ounce. I didnt think Iowa had any chemists When I moved from Iowa to Minnesota, some friends joked that it doubled the average IQ in both states. Took me about a month of living in Minnesota to become concerned that they might be right.
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: maintenanceguy]
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10/17/20 01:59 PM
10/17/20 01:59 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,432 Georgia
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I know of three spots with Osage orange trees in the two counties near me. Each patch has only 3 or 4 trees. All three are along the edge of a field or unimproved road. I always assumed they were used for hedge rows along farm fields since that where they seem to be. I have also seen one other tree in another county. Unusual tree here. We call the fruit "Osage oranges". Tried to cut one in half with my pocket knife. The sap in the fruit is so sticky I couldn't get the glue off my knife blade. Even soap and water struggled to get it off. Turns out native Americans used it for glue. That map is incorrect. Clarke county Alabama is blank ( the triangle shaped one just above Mobile bay. We have a big one on our homeplace there.
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