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What about harvesting English walnuts? Do the same methods work for those, as well? Thx.
Ohh did I spy a little person joining your edible acres soon. Congrats and best wishes 🙂
Any hacks for removing the shells?
Love the vids as usually, Don't hear any complaints from the chickens either. lol lol A lot of work for sure but I believe it is a satisfying work and at the end of the day worth it. The fall of the year is harvest time every where and the rest of the year enjoy the fruits of ur labor. Also I see Sasha is well along now, that is going to be a very wonderful experience both of you guys. Cheers.
I just got into walnuts. I’m pressure washing mine at work. I lost most of my first run last week to squirrels 🐿️
I am almost certain it was one of your past walnut processing videos that got me to your channel in first place years ago.
Is it ok if the husks have turned completely black and have turned rotten?
Not a lot of black walnuts on Vancouver Island unfortunately, we do have Sweet Chestnuts though, I enjoy the regional abundance and all its variations! 👍
I know that almost everything you use is secondhand/repurposed; it's one of the many things I love about your work. Do you have any suggestions for how one could go about finding plastic crates like yours? What kind of places or industries use these and then discard them?
Carlos congratulations for the weight loss u look amazing, keep the good work…
Gray trays – where did you get them? They look excellent for this sort of thing. Thanks for the great videos, things are looking great! ❤
I have such fond memories of my granddad driving over piles of black walnuts in his driveway, from the trees in his yard. It's a time-tested, tried and true method for getting off those husks. The "boot method" we just called "Scuff-a-nut". All us kids enjoyed that part, too. We spent many wonderful autumn days along woodland roads, too, collecting native pecans. Recreational nutting was a big deal for food for a lot of people. Enjoy all your great walnut eating this winter!
Wish I could convince my uncle it was worth the time to process black walnuts. He has a huge amount of them in his woods, and none of the ones on my property are mature. One of these days!
Awesome video! I just moved to a neighborhood with a bunch of black walnut trees in the area. I think im going to have to get a few milk crates.
Also Juans haircut looks great!
Love it ⚡✨
I have some rinkadink ideas for facilitating nut crushing (never thought I would say that lol)… in order to avoid splitting the nut + crush more husks at a time:
could you put something wide, on top of the nuts, that distribute the weight sidewize over the nuts..? In other words: if the wheels are 10 inches wide, if driving over something which 15 inches wide, then the same weight is distributed over 50% bigger area. Dunno what item could be used for that though…
Gorgeous haul! Especially when all it cost to acquire was a little time! Methinks you may want an old set of knee pads for that driveway work though😆My knees would be SCREAMING at me on bare blacktop like that😂
Tons of food, beautiful! Interesting you switched to dehusking before agitation, looks worth the extra time of that step given how messy it is to agitate off the husks in water. Maybe it's a matter of scale? Thanks for doing & sharing
Have you tried using a nut gatherer to pick up the walnuts after you've broken off the husk? Just wondering if it would be easier than going around on your knees. I have the largest size and medium size ones and love them. Just some thoughts. I've been trying to figure out whether I wanna mess with this process and figuring out the best way for me.
I enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them.
It would be great to learn how you prepare and cook the black chestnuts.
Oh come on, it’s not a Food it’s damn snacks!
Your driveway is too hard. Ours was gravel. The semi loose gravel rolled around a bit with the nuts
Do you have an easy way of getting the meat out?
I used a pressure washer and mine came to so very clean
nice nice
That’s a truly incredible amount of walnuts! What a great deal!!
I love the crushing of these walnuts. But I had an idea: what if you put a wooden plank or any other plank over top of the two lines? I haven't tried it it yet but it might be a good idea. Enjoy!
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Black walnuts aren't like English walnuts, I've never cracked a black walnut worth the trouble of doing it. I hope yours are better than those we had as a child.
So excited for you guys, when is your baby due?
I've been collecting blackwalnut seeds for planting. This will be the 3rd year. I haven't collected for eating yet, but I have a few hundred seedlings….
Some people use walnuts as natural color for hairs .
The husk leave a permanent stain. It is used for tanning animal hides.
You have not seen any issues with plants around the wash area due to the juglone ?
Would i be able to do this farther south like in Georgia?
Not related to this particular video, but congratulations on being listed among Huw Richards' favorite Youtubers!! He said: "Perhaps my favourite permaculture channel of them all. Fantastic ideas and information especially when it comes to perennials and chicken compost systems!" Everybody loves Chicken TV! (Per his latest newsletter.)
congratulations on the baby! Wild, Ive always felt like you two are sorta parallel universe to me and my partner in some ways, hard to explain but just sorta see it in temperament, style, health conscious etc we've only been farming for 9 years but Im also having my first baby, due in feb! You guise are going to be such great parents
If your driveway had been dirt or gravel, your truck would not have cracked the walnuts. I have a Dodge diesel truck and a dirt/gravel driveway and my black walnuts do not crack like yours did.
I never was my nuts no mold either and my hands are never black
Thank you for this video. I have a very old black walnut tree that drops 1000's of these and have yet to process them in my 7 years of living here. Hoping my hard packed gravel driveway will work just as well.
So glad to see you are proliferating humanity with your partner as well. I found my greatest purpose in life raising children. Warmest wishes to you all!!!
How long can they sit in the green hull? I'm moving and want to gather walnuts from the place I'm currently in but won't be able to process them for a few weeks. Will they be ok?
The husks can be used for medicine–tinctured or dried and steeped in oil.