a good year for walnuts

[bean 85]

just picked up some walnuts so I could mow. this is from one 12" tree

they were still falling while I was mowing

[papaglide 542]

I don't even bother picking mine up anymore. I have 3 trees one of which is 12". The others are 2 and 4 feet!

[DoctorHfuhruhurr 137]

all that from a 12 inch tree?  Did you mean 12 foot? 

[CasualObserver 3,408]

all that from a 12 inch tree?  Did you mean 12 foot? 

 

I would think he meant diameter.

[squonk 41,017]

Imagine trying to mow under a 12" tall walnut tree with a D!!

[Ed Kennell 38,020]

Just finished cleaning up the burrs from my 15" chestnut tree that I planted too close to the house In 1970.   Got 3 wheel barrow loads.  Swept them off the roof, cleaned the gutters, and raked the yard.  Most of the chestnuts were eaten by the squirrels, and some of my squirrely friends.   Oh , that 15" tree is 30' tall.

[AMC RULES 37,127]

Bet those look good to them sqwirrels just tryin' to get a nut.    

Edited October 9, 2013 by AMC RULES

[bean 85]

ha ha.

12" diameter

that is how my grandfather sized his trees.

my wife is allergic to walnuts, so we don't save them.  my neighbor has several walnut trees also, so we dump them across the street and watch the squirrels dig them out all winter.

Edited October 9, 2013 by bean

[Lane Ranger 10,943]

BEEN MOWING OVER MINE FOR WEEKS NOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN DROPPING.  I HEAR THEM HIT THE ROOF EVERY HOUR OR SO!   The walnut trees did produce a lot this year!

[bean 85]

BEEN MOWING OVER MINE FOR WEEKS NOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN DROPPING.  I HEAR THEM HIT THE ROOF EVERY HOUR OR SO!   The walnut trees did produce a lot this year!

yeah,

all that rain  we got  in the spring

if I don't get the walnuts out of the flower beds, the next year we have dozens of little walnut trees....... 12" tall

[953 nut 55,045]

The paving crew doing a street near my house had an extra man jut to pick up walnuts as the roller went past the big black walnut tree.  

 

 

 

 

[bean 85]

I thought y'all grew pee-cans down in the Carolinas

[neil 2,409]

We didnt have much of a crop here in the UK and they were very small.

I use the oils that the walnut pruduce to stain wood furniture .dries a beatiful rich golden colour , prior to waxing

[bean 85]

We didnt have much of a crop here in the UK and they were very small.

I use the oils that the walnut pruduce to stain wood furniture .dries a beatiful rich golden colour , prior to waxing

a few years ago, we had a small crop of walnuts and didn't bother to pick them up.  after they turned black and mushy, the grandkids decided to round them all up for us. their hands were blue for 3-4 days.

[posifour11 723]

I need to glean to woods and see if I can find some. Need to dye my traps soon.

[steelman 251]

We didnt have much of a crop here in the UK and they were very small.

I use the oils that the walnut pruduce to stain wood furniture .dries a beatiful rich golden colour , prior to waxing

interesting...how do you extract the oil? I have hundreds of walnuts this year in Michigan,

[neil 2,409]

 

We didnt have much of a crop here in the UK and they were very small.

I use the oils that the walnut pruduce to stain wood furniture .dries a beatiful rich golden colour , prior to waxing

interesting...how do you extract the oil? I have hundreds of walnuts this year in Michigan,

 

All i do is , soak the walnuts with the soft peel still on  in water for a few days  and then the water will turn a dark drown colour and then just decant the water into a container .

Make sure to wear gloves  as the stain will stay on your hands for a good few days .

In actual fact its not actually oil that is extracted from the walnut but just a natural dye that happens when the walnut is left in water. 

 

Who knows this may be a new natural  fake Sun tanning solution LOL

[Anglo Traction 761]

That would be the dark 'Tannins' that are produced through oxidation of the Nut/Kernel. Tannins have had many uses in staining/colouring for thousands of years from 'Tanning' leather to making Inks. If you boil that down to concentrate it, it will turn almost a thick black residue which can be mixed with various Oils, Kerosene or Beeswax for use on furniture or woods like Neil says. 

[posifour11 723]

I do as they say above. Soak for a while, boil it down to about 3/4 the volume, then drop the traps in for a few minutes. The tannins attach to the minute amounts of rust, protecting the steel from further rusting.

[perry 82]

Big year for Acorns also. does this mean a bad winter ?

[953 nut 55,045]

I thought y'all grew pee-cans down in the Carolinas

 

We have all kinds of nuts in the Carolinas!