N is for nuts, black walnuts in particular.
I had already raked and picked up the nuts that dropped a week or so ago (see here) thinking I would most likely leave the remainder for the local squirrel population. This afternoon I changed my mind. These nuts are a nuisance! I gathered my resolve, along with a wheelbarrow (or two) and a five gallon bucket, and headed out to see what I could do about getting my yard cleaned up.
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If only I could move the wheelbarrows... Uh oh. One has a flat tire and one is just plain too heavy, and it looks as though it might rain.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a crop!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week,
Leslie
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walnuts are nice, how do you remove the pulp? How many trees do you have?
ReplyDeleteWOW
ReplyDeleteif only those were blueberries!
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Haha, Stacy, you are funny. If only they were pumpkins I could sell them. But then again, they probably wouldn't survive the trip to the ground.
ReplyDeleteAnn, they say the best way to get rid of the covering is to run them over with your car. Yes, seriously. We have bout a half dozen trees. We tried saving and eating some one year but found them not worth the hassle.
Because there are walnut and almond orchards close to my sister, each year my Christmas present from her, is hulded walnut halves, and huld almonds. Big bags, and I love to use them in my Thanksgiving and Christmas baking.
ReplyDeleteToday I started with Pumpkin Bread.
Love NUTS!!
It seems a shame to waste them, but I can see how it could be a major chore, dealing with all those black walnuts. Not much fun at all.
ReplyDeleteKay, Alberta, Canada
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...more black walnuts...now I am wondering if I have ever tried them...maybe as a child...
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't like to think how big your squirrels grow!
ReplyDeleteMy ABC Wednesday this week is Neil Armstrong.
compost, i suppose, though the squirrels might get into that too, which wouldn't be so bad, if they didn't strew things all over.
ReplyDeletegood luck.
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Composting would be okay if not for the herbicide that black walnut skins naturally produce.
ReplyDeleteA prodigious proliferation of walnuts! (Too bad this isn't 'p' week). I love walnuts but black walnuts do not agree with me. Must have something in them that I'm allergic to.
ReplyDeleteWe picked some walnuts too last week!
ReplyDeleteNostalgic, is one of my ABC entries. Come by any time you get a chance. Have a great day!
That's a lot of hard work - Nice one!
ReplyDeleteYou won't believe it but the word verification is regather!
Now it's earclog!
ReplyDeleteThat is an awful lot of lugging! Looks like you had some real effective help, too!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your little helper!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to pick them up before they turn black and stain your hands, clothes... everything!
looks like a lot of fun was had by all
ReplyDeleteGosh! That is a lot. We were rambling in the woods last week and found and collected lots of beech nuts but don't know what to do with them ...
ReplyDeleteI've never seen black walnuts though.