Today, our Chinese Chestnuts arrived in the mail from Gurney's. We ordered the 1-1.5 feet trees which made planting a little easier (smaller root ball so smaller hole!) and more cost effective for our little homestead! They recommend 2 trees for the best pollination so we ordered 4 since I was planting two in two different spots in the pasture.
These trees appealed to us for both a food source for us and our animals plus the shade in years to come for our animals. One thing I've learned about gardening/homesteading if you think short term you will be disappointed plus you will be doing things over several times. These trees were planted 50 feet apart in two different paddocks that currently do not have trees. I could plant a tree that would grow faster to offer shade but the food benefit would be missing.
What new trees will you be planting on your place this year? This is a great time of the year to get some trees in the ground, happy planting to all my Steemit friends!