We’re growing these black walnut trees for timber. Our goal is to encourage the trees grow tall and straight so that someday we can harvest the timber to make furniture-grade walnut lumber. A black walnut tree typically takes 35-40 years to grow to a size large enough to harvest. Most of our trees were planted around 1995….so we have a long time to go! Pruning the tree reduces amount of lower growth and “canopy” and helps to concentrate growth where we…