Rag1
Executive Chef
Today I visited with an orchard owner whom I'll be hauling several tons of grapes from to my buddy's winery in a couple of weeks. The guy is ripping out apple trees and planting grape vines. We are talking 100's of acres. Consider he ships 2 tractor trailer loads of apples out of his cold storage every day from Sept to April. He has some trees.
I didn't say anything about the cut down trees to him just yet, but wow, here is a great source for some great wood.
I can use a little, but this gut will produce huge amounts.
Anybody interested?
The interesting thing is that the guy has problems getting "apple pickers" to where he'll be leaving fruit on the trees. He has a rented 'grape picker' to try out (price tag $200,000.00). It's 13' high and weighs 12 tons. I called it a great big Mexican. Converting to grapes from apples solves a big labor problem.
I didn't say anything about the cut down trees to him just yet, but wow, here is a great source for some great wood.
I can use a little, but this gut will produce huge amounts.
Anybody interested?
The interesting thing is that the guy has problems getting "apple pickers" to where he'll be leaving fruit on the trees. He has a rented 'grape picker' to try out (price tag $200,000.00). It's 13' high and weighs 12 tons. I called it a great big Mexican. Converting to grapes from apples solves a big labor problem.