Walnuts

[max_wood 161]

Hi I've found a massive walnut tree with hundreds of nuts. My question is what are you supposed to do with the nuts.do they need drying out or storing in a jar or will they go mouldy ?thankyou

[Tiercel 6,986]

Pickle them.

 

Edited to add: http://www.thefield.co.uk/food/recipes/how-to-pickle-walnuts-22906

 

TC

Edited October 3, 2016 by Tiercel

[max_wood 161]

Sorry that looks disgusting.and they are not in the green bits anymore

[neil cooney 10,416]

"A woman, a dog, a walnut tree,

the more you beat them, the better they'll be."

 

Not giving out advice here, LOL, it's an old rhyme. They used to say you should thrash a walnut tree for a better crop next year.

If you're finding nut's on the ground then they should be ready for cracking and eating. Some folk even put them in salads.

Never liked the look of the pickled ones myself.

[max_wood 161]

I've cracked them but they are soft / wet inside just wondered if i take a load indoors are they gonna dry out or rot in the shells ?

[Rabid 1,936]

Some dry, some rot, I generally end up with a few hundred if the squizzers don't get them first.

[3175darren 1,102]

Husks are good for dyeing traps,

[Bosun11 537]

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

[neil cooney 10,416]

  On 08/10/2016 at 15:49, F@ Larry said:

 

  On 04/10/2016 at 10:58, neil cooney said:

"A woman, a dog, a walnut tree,

the more you beat them, the better they'll be."

 

Not giving out advice here, LOL, it's an old rhyme. They used to say you should thrash a walnut tree for a better crop next year.

If you're finding nut's on the ground then they should be ready for cracking and eating. Some folk even put them in salads.

Never liked the look of the pickled ones myself.

have you ever came across a walnut tree over here neil

 

I was shown a few years ago by my father Larry ,but can't remember where.

[Tiercel 6,986]

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I really admire you commitment to the planting of trees.

 

TC

[gnipper 6,627]

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I can get the damson but the walnut I'd have to pay for

[Rabid 1,936]

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I have about a dozen walnut trees on the go waiting to be big enough to plant, have been planting a few round the farm for probably close to 30 years, along with Apple, pear, plum, cherry, also been doing the obligatory ash and oak, just keep putting them in hedgerows, corners of fields, edges of spinneys and round the ponds, I love trees and feel the need to replace some of what we have taken over the years.

Some of them are looking good, and it really changes the skyline having a few mature trees about the place, not to mention the benefits for the wildlife and associated shooting.

[Bosun11 537]

  On 08/10/2016 at 18:22, gnipper said:

 

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I can get the damson but the walnut I'd have to pay for

I'd happily pay for both if you could point me in the right direction mate.

[Bosun11 537]

  On 08/10/2016 at 18:48, Rabid said:

 

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I have about a dozen walnut trees on the go waiting to be big enough to plant, have been planting a few round the farm for probably close to 30 years, along with Apple, pear, plum, cherry, also been doing the obligatory ash and oak, just keep putting them in hedgerows, corners of fields, edges of spinneys and round the ponds, I love trees and feel the need to replace some of what we have taken over the years.

Some of them are looking good, and it really changes the skyline having a few mature trees about the place, not to mention the benefits for the wildlife and associated shooting.

Fantastic stuff Rabid, gives a huge ammount of satisfaction planting trees, especially when the bear fruit and though we wont see the best of them, its good to know others will.

[gnipper 6,627]

  On 08/10/2016 at 21:00, Bosun11 said:

 

  On 08/10/2016 at 18:22, gnipper said:

 

  On 08/10/2016 at 16:31, Bosun11 said:

I need a walnut tree sapling to put in local round here.

Put in a few apple and pear trees now, want a damson and a walnut next. Just plant em in the corners of hedgerows, or on the edges of woods, the little specks that never get touched and in a few years, every walk will yeald something nice and not just for me but my daughter and future generations.

I can get the damson but the walnut I'd have to pay for

I'd happily pay for both if you could point me in the right direction mate.

When the leaves are off I'll sort it mate, won't be long now and we'll be digging them up again.