<prompt> Human: My GFs father recently told me that I should consider buying land to grow high value trees on, like Black Walnut, Im only 23 and by the time I retire, depending on how many acres I plant and how well it does I could be looking at, in todays market 100,000 or more an acre from the research Ive done. Im wondering why more people dont do this as a physical asset to hedge against the stock market? From what I can tell the investment is the land but you dont need a great quantity to make it worth while, and you can gain yearly income, in the case of Black Walnuts by selling the nut crop every year. In the end Im wondering if it is far harder to accomplish than what it seems to be or too good to be true.  <response>: Its a high risk investment. A disease or insect could come through and ruin everything for you. On top of that you are dealing with commodity which means a very volatile price, especially given the 40 years it will take for the walnut trees to mature.Instead, why not find a company who does what you want to do 