English Walnut

[suffolkpoacher 219]

Stupid question but if you don't know you just don't know ,

Found a large walnut tree near by and was not sure if there is different vierity.and are these what you buy in shop or are they from overseas

Thanks

[nans pat 2,575]

hear, the woods worth a lot of money,

[Tiercel 6,986]

They are perfectly edible if it has fruits on it (walnuts)

 

TC

[neil cooney 10,416]

"A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more ye beat them the better they'll be."

 

LOL, I'm not condoning domestic violence or beating a dog for one minute but that's an old rhyme and it was believe long ago that a walnut tree should be beaten every year to give a good harvest.

At least with a tree it can't hit back or bite you.

[Jamie m 668]

  On 26/07/2015 at 19:56, suffolkpoacher said:

Stupid question but if you don't know you just don't know ,

Found a large walnut tree near by and was not sure if there is different vierity.and are these what you buy in shop or are they from overseas

Thanks

One thing I found was by the time the fruit ripened and fell it's all ready very damp ie autumn and they didn't keep to long had to be eaten sharpish ,

[air gun ant 1,666]

if you ever cut it down, ill buy the wood of you

[3175darren 1,102]

Save the walnut husks for dyeing traps/ snares,

[bullmastiff 615]

Don't think the nuts are as big and as said they go soft quick because of our damp, cool weather but yes its the same tree.

I think the woods worth more than the turk is stuff though as it grows slower so gives a tighter more varied grain.

[desertdog 149]

Pick walnuts for pickling,before July 14th,after that the shells set,

[jeemes 4,573]

The tree isnt automatically worth a lot of money because its Walnut..It has to be right,but how I dont know. Best wood for gunstocks.

[air gun ant 1,666]

I have a lump of English walnut here that was given to me by a friend after his father died, he did some wood turning and gave me whatever wood was in his garage.

I honestly havnt thought of anything I want to make out if it. It is so heavy and dense it's unreal!! I actually thought it was some kind of petrified wood but after speaking to the lad and him asking family & friends etc he found who gave it to him and the tree it was cut from, and I was told it was English walnut but it's nothing like Turkish walnut! Turkish walnuts a lovely wood and a pleasure to work with, like carving chocolate, and although I havnt done anything with this yet I'd imagine it's going to be like working with resin infused irroko! Lol