Complete Black Walnut Processing: From Harvest to Finish (55 gallon drum full of them) 

Good tip

@@FruitTree I forgot to add it’s a lot of fun using that thing.

Happy you like it

@@FruitTree saying they have a LONG shelf life is an understatement I believe. as a young kid we use to go back to Iowa during the Summer to open up my Grandfathers house and spend summers there. They kept their Property there after moving to Florida. There was a large metal can with a lid that was under the bench in the garage. Those Black walnuts had to have been put there at least 10 years or MORE! Might have been close to 20. Our job was to crack some for Grandma. Using a hammer and smacking it on a short piece of railroad iron. Those walnuts would be shooting all over the yard skidding off that iron! Have to go chase them.

Animals will eat them

Good idea

Happy to make it

Thanks. I thought I had that. I'll fix the thumb nail later

I used a 2300. It was the one that came with our ryobi

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I lived on a farm and was very allergic to the hay, but things still need to get done. That’s what happens when you have responsibilities, a farm, and a family. Sometimes you have to do things that are comfortable.

I've heard that too. Only issues my truck crushes them

​@@FruitTreeThe way my family always did it. Put them on a gravel driveway with more loose gravel. The husk gets knocked off but the walnuts get pushed into the gravel without the nuts getting crushed. Let them dry for awhile and pick them up and put them between two screens (hardware cloth) out in the sun. Keeps the squirrels from getting them and lets the walnuts dry from both sides.

My wife liked it. I told her it was a star trek name and she said no one would know that. Little did she know.

I never even thought to do that

I joke with my kids that they need to wear their riding helmets outside for the whole of September and October. 😂 Those walnuts are a hazzard.

@burdenofproofreading yes they can be for sure

Yes wear a helmet! Boy oh boy. I've sustained both shock & injury from falling black walnuts, acorns etc. Greetings from a WNC native in Asheville 😊

I saw this comment before the helmet came in and when I saw it - I laughed out loud so hard

If I had one yes

I did not. I will read up on it. May be a natural defense against rodents

Thank you for your response to my video. I take the opinion of my viewers very seriously. I will make every effort to improve my process. Although the way I did it was easy and fast I'm sure I did it all wrong after reading your comment. Thank you. You are a hero and deserve to be heard.

@@FruitTree 🤣🤣🤣 You just earned a subscriber from this. That last line is a killer :) Thank you for the laugh

Your comment couldn't make me happier.

i fill a 5 gallon bucked 3/4 nuts then fill to the top of nuts with water. use a drill with a paddle mixer and make a slurry. i processed about 700lbs today with less than 70 gallons of water. nice and clean. all the nuts had hard green husks on them. lost about 20% to floaters this year. the presser washer would work great on the final clean up instead of 3 flushes being agitated with the mixer.@@FruitTree

@cornpopwasabaddude6226 nice tried other methods and may try yours

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