Comments on: The Humble Hackberry Tree https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/ Learn Homesteading Skills Online Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:43:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 By: H-Bomb https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-109486 Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:43:13 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-109486 We have HUGE hackbery trees at our homestead. They gift us with fallen branches and we also use it for wood to warm the house and for cooking. Mix it with a little hard wood in the wood burning stove or fireplace and you have a perfect blend to keep your house warm from the hackberry and the coals burning long from the hard woods. It’s great if you want to cook up something quick on the grill and not worry about wasting wood because it burns hot and pretty quick, which is important in the hot, dry summers we have down south. I really don’t know why people give this tree such a bad rap. Our creator provided us with all the natural nutrients and medicine we need, not junk and weeds. Everything has its purpose.

]]> By: Oddhawk https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-93305 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 06:35:01 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-93305 The wood is underrated as well ! It is finicky in how it is dried. Remove the bark too soon and it will check like crazy. It is soft green and prone to bug damage, it burns hot, fast and clean and makes charcoal that does the same. Dried with the bark on at a quick pace and bark removed it is a lot like a hard Maplewood, I have made bows tools and tool handles from it.

]]> By: Theresa Smith https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-57964 Sat, 01 May 2021 00:55:14 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-57964 We transplanted two hackberry trees three years ago and they haven’t grown any taller. I’ve noticed the trees I’ve seen sprouting up on their own have come up within a shrub. Does the tree like it’s feet covered when it’s young? We are going to plant shrubs at the base of each and give that a try.

]]> By: Mitch https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-55093 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:40:00 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-55093 Any idea how they would be made into wine?

]]> By: Kelly https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-46277 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:11:42 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-46277 Wow! This was so inspiring and so well-written and -researched! Thank you!

]]> By: Neil Shelton https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-297 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:44:06 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-297 In reply to barbara.

In my back yard.
Also, from Arkansas north to Wisconsin and from the Dakotas east to Maine.

]]> By: barbara https://www.homestead.org/fruits/hackberry-tree/#comment-202 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:40:01 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/2017/02/01/the-humble-hackberry/#comment-202 Where do they grow?

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