Marv 919 #1 Posted October 16 Hauling walnuts. Gathered these today. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,485 #2 Posted October 16 I wish you were my neighbor... she lets hers just drop and rot... then the squirrels bring them into our yard - not good with a labrador... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,022 #3 Posted October 17 We have several big black walnut trees on our property, they are too much work to bother hulling out. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,757 #4 Posted October 17 (edited) We pile them in our driveway, run them over for a while like Grandpa taught us, then crack ‘em after drying… or plant them out back. Edited October 17 by Pullstart Typo 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,620 #5 Posted October 17 (edited) 54 minutes ago, 953 nut said: We have several big black walnut trees on our property, they are too much work to bother hulling out. I collect the wretched things just so they don’t sprout and grow more walnut trees. I have a sort of wire cloth drying crib where I deposit them. They do get eaten. But I’m not feeding the squirrels. They’re stealing my nuts! The previous owner used to run them over with his pickup to crack the hulls and spread them on the attic floor to dry. His wife then baked with them. A lot of work, especially when you get a dozen bushels or more of the danged things. Edited October 17 by EB-80/8inPA Did the math 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,749 #6 Posted October 17 (edited) @Achto He mows them over with the chute pointed at the neigbors... Heck with them nuts I'm keen on the tub ... Edited October 17 by WHX?? 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,620 #7 Posted October 17 2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: I wish you were my neighbor... she lets hers just drop and rot... then the squirrels bring them into our yard - not good with a labrador... They like to bury them for later in some symbiotic tree relationship that could turn my yard into a walnut jungle left unchecked. It’s a losing battle though! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,502 #8 Posted October 17 (edited) My single black walnut tree just started to get serious about dropping it's confounded bounty. Looks like a bumper crop this year (a sarcastic ) In years past I have been able to fill the 6 1/2ft bed of my Dakota level full plus some from my lawn. Now that I have a Ram with a 6 1/2ft box, maybe I can get them all in load. "Sell them" I've been told. "HA! If they were worth $.05 a ton, there wouldn't be nut one in my yard." Is my answer. No worries, every nut that I remove from my yard gets to make a trip to a farm where they are set free in a nice woods. Thankfully it only happens every other year. I agree with @EB-80/8inPA black walnut trees are one of the worst weeds in my yard. Edited October 17 by Achto 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,022 #9 Posted October 17 11 hours ago, EB-80/8inPA said: 14 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: squirrels bring them into our yard 11 hours ago, EB-80/8inPA said: They like to bury them for later in some symbiotic tree relationship that could turn my yard into a walnut jungle left unchecked. It’s a losing battle though! collect the wretched things just so they don’t sprout and grow more walnut trees. Several years ago I saw a little walnut sprout peeking out from under a rock, guess a squirrel hid it there. over the years it has pushed that rock to the side and is now drooping nuts of its own. I have lots of fat happy squirrels running around our place. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,749 #10 Posted October 17 You need to buy dem squirrels a bottle of booze Richard ... lotta nice boards in that tree! ... 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,022 #11 Posted October 17 1 hour ago, WHX?? said: lotta nice boards in that tree! Lotta good shade right in front of the woodwork shop. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marv 919 #12 Posted October 18 Yep. lotta work. they do taste good though. Marv 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,502 #13 Posted October 21 It was castration day for my lawn today. Sixty 5gal pails full of black walnuts from one tree. I personally do not like the taste of black walnuts. The removal of these nuts from my yard has most likely upset my local squirrel population, but I hear tell that there is a colony of squirrels that live about 4 miles from me that feel that they have hit the jack pot. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,125 #14 Posted October 21 12 hours ago, Achto said: I personally do not like the taste of black walnuts. Me neither, so I can’t understand why the squirrels go crazy for them! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 784 #15 Posted October 21 About 20 miles from my home is Hammon's Black Walnuts in Stockton, MO. I believe they are the country's largest walnut company. Around here, there are walnut hulling stations and folks gather walnuts, haul them to the walnut huller and get paid for the nuts. (It doesn't pay much. A fellow I worked for had walnut trees and I had to gather the walnuts from the ground. He had a small pickup and a bed full would almost pay for nice meal.) I think the shells are almost, if not more important than the meat. Hammon's website shows they have hulling stations in 13 midwest states. I use a corn sheller that I use to de-hull the walnuts that I gather--usually a 5 gallon bucket full. The corn sheller works but its not very efficient. I also have a walnut cracker in the shop that makes getting to the meat much easier. I have a wild pecan tree in my back yard. The squirrels get the bulk of the harvest. These wild pecans are small but I've managed to gather about one and one half gallons this year. (A bumper crop for me. In part because I've already trapped and relocate 4 of those rascals.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,502 #16 Posted October 21 12 minutes ago, Beap52 said: Hammon's website shows they have hulling stations in 13 midwest states. Well I'll be dipped in chicken poo & dragged through peanuts! They have a hulling station less than an hours drive from me. Never knew 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
