Black Walnut Processing - 2023
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2023
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If I remember your last video about black walnuts correctly, your method last year was a lot messier! I love how you're experimenting and refining your processes.
Efficient trashing driveway and I picked the idea of using the drill, welldone
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!
Ahh the black walnut diet.
It always takes more energy to get to them than you get back but they are so worth it for flavor. Suffice to say that if you were a squirrel 🐿️ you would starve to death 😆
juan, looking good,everyone fit and trim ready for baby time!
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I was thinking the same thing. Love his haircut!
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?
In my experience, people are always selling milk crates on Facebook market place or Craig’s list. Maybe if you build a bit of a relationship with the person you reach out to, they can let you know how they got so many in your local area.
I found some on Facebook Marketplace after searching for quite some time - there was a local CSA that had closed down and was selling off old gear. They are often referred to as "harvest crates" for search purposes. I think I got 30 at $5/each.
These are 'bulb crates' and 'milk crates' in this video... Bulb crates are a waste product of the floral industry and you can make cold calls to track them down I'm sure. Sometimes free, but sometimes 1-2 dollars a piece. Milk crates can sometimes be free if you ask a manager, the other day I got 30 because the dude said have at 'em. I've paid up to 3 a piece for them and they are worth it. All used and will last decades if we're thoughtful with them...
Everyone looks happy, healthy and anticipating the new little one. I just remember missing seeing my feet in the final weeks. Haha! ☺ Exciting times.
Not related to this particular video, but congratulations on being listed among Huw Richards' favorite UA-camrs!! 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.)
I am almost certain it was one of your past walnut processing videos that got me to your channel in first place years ago.
I was really lucky in that, even though we live in a small town, the main tree in our yard was a black walnut. My dad and I would collect all the nuts, pop them in a few crates and put them in the attic until just before Christmas. They were black and all dried out so the husk popped right off. I don't think we even needed to wash them but I maybe was playing or something when that part happened. 😁 We got out the hammer and attempted to crack them open. Of course, many would be smashed and fly across the room, lol, but we always managed to eat out fill until they were all gone.
Nice system! I am working on my harvest now and may put out a call offering to pick up bags of them!
I did my first batch yesterday which was a smaller batch of about 900 and it went smoothly. I’ll be switching from a 5gallon bucket to a garbage can today though.
Thanks for sharing!
Garbage can is a nice way to do a bunch at a time
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....
I read an interesting study about how the biochemical makeup of black walnuts makes them much more filling than english walnuts.
That makes a ton of sense somehow... Sasha prefers to soak them overnight to sprout/leach anything bad before she cooks them. Extra work but they are extra great then. I eat em raw and love them :)
Black walnuts have the highest percentage of protein of any tree nut. 24.06 grams, per 100 gram serving. I just went to the Black walnut festival in Stockton, Missouri where the only commercial factory for these nuts is headquartered. I gather what I need, then hire myself out to gather for others and sell my excess.
thank you for the step by step process. I do remember an older video you created with a power washer and milk crates. I like this version with the drill and a garbage can, better water conservation. We will try this, this year!
And what the-?! Juan lookin’ dapper AF with a new cut! What is in the water in Trumansburg?!
Tannins. Lol
@@Dontreallycare5 😂
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Sasha looks big and happy! So many EdibleAcres fans awaiting this birth. Any hints for something to do with far too many Winecaps? They're being dehydrated, given away, souped, sautéed, "planted," and more, but still there are many overgrown BIG mushrooms!
So amazing you are swimming in them, wow! Yeah, drying is nice, maybe consider intense mushroom stock to can and put up for winter? Just an idea, not that I tried it :)
@@edibleacres GREAT idea; thanks!
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!!!
Try using a cement mixer... i adjust my mortar mixer paddles so the hard nuts dont get caught up or broken. Fill up the drum and let it run for half hour. Then extensive rinse. Makes short work.
"I'm a cement mixer; a churnin' urn of walnut fun." ^ ^
Makes sense, not too different than polishing semiprecious stones I suppose.
Dry process husking is definately is cleaner. Thank you for sharing.
…and that’s it in a nut shell.😊
Gaddahm you got a nice head of hair, Sean!
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😂
Great heads-up about using too heavy a car! I' heard about driving on them before and always thought it sort of extreme, but you proved it works pretty good! For my own use, I'd just let them 'husk-dry', and process them over the long term. Still, I love your continually evolving ideas. Thanks.
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
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!
Hi Preggie Sasha❤
Sasha looks great! ❤❤❤
I enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them.
It would be great to learn how you prepare and cook the black chestnuts.
Black Walnuts you mean? I like to crack them and eat raw for the most part, but there are many options out there for sure!
Bro I just made a black walnut pie the same way youd make a pecan pie and it was a million times better than any pecan pie ive ever had. I hope you try that for Thanksgiving this year
That’s a truly incredible amount of walnuts! What a great deal!!
Yeah, went from not planning to do any walnuts this year to 12 bulb crates nicely weighed with finished nuts, maybe a few hundred pounds? Getting more organized and optimized always helps!
The husks can be used for medicine--tinctured or dried and steeped in oil.
Carlos congratulations for the weight loss u look amazing, keep the good work...
You need to use rubber gloves or dishwashing gloves to reduce staining your hands.😊
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
You know Robbie I'm not quite sure which is the better way... I'm leaning in this direction, especially if you had more people involved where pairs of two folks could connect and one could stomp the nut/husk and the other pick and ready for washing/agitation... This felt cleaner and more effective overall for the total amount of nuts, so I think it's the direction we'll commit to in the future...
Ive been collecting acorns and gonna try my hand at acorn flour
I bought an antique field corn sheller. I discovered you can also use it to hull black walnuts. Check out a YT video and see if that could be helpful. I’m all about not wasting anything including time. Love your video.
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 read somewhere that the juglone will fully break down after composting for 3 months. So don't put into a pile you plan to use before then
I just got into walnuts. I’m pressure washing mine at work. I lost most of my first run last week to squirrels 🐿️
We are having a lot of rain and humidity.
I have the walnuts cover against the rain but the humidity may prevent safe drying.
Looking forward to future updates when you discuss getting this labor done with kid(s). Often they are more eager for the results than they have the attention span to participate in the process.
nice nice
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! 👍
That is a lovely crop to have in abundance, enjoy!
Ohh did I spy a little person joining your edible acres soon. Congrats and best wishes :)
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...
Interesting idea to explore, maybe some scrap heavy duty plywood or something?
A 2×10 does the trick with a nice surface area.
Gray trays - where did you get them? They look excellent for this sort of thing. Thanks for the great videos, things are looking great! ❤
They are 'bulb crates' and a waste product of the floral industry... Worth seeking out!
@@edibleacres thanks, will do!
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.
Yep, that could be a nice approach. I wonder how that would work within this context but something to consider for sure...
So excited for you guys, when is your baby due?
A friend of mine said he used a cement mixer filled with rock and walnuts to knock the husks off. Might be better than a truck or car? Food for thought.
The hulls if dried out and ground up, makes an excellent medicine....
How does flavor compare in cured vs fresh nuts? I have tried them fresh, and I wasn’t crazy about them. Wondering if curing is worthwhile.
Curing is critical. We won't eat these until winter... Fresh they are super vegetal/green tasting and not enjoyable. We start cracking no sooner than Thanksgiving
I used a pressure washer and mine came to so very clean
It is incredibly how clean they come out with a pressure washer, for sure!
What about harvesting English walnuts? Do the same methods work for those, as well? Thx.
They are MUCH easier! Husks tend to fall of very easily
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!
I wonder... I think they need more pressure than you'd think...
They might indeed...@@edibleacres
You have not seen any issues with plants around the wash area due to the juglone ?
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?
Would i be able to do this farther south like in Georgia?
how many trees did you harvest come from?
Can I Plant Black Walnut Down The Middle Of my Garlic row Production Like you Have Mention is possible with other tree seed ? @EdibleAcres
That seems reasonable to try as a 1 year nursery planting approach...
@@edibleacres Thank You.
I'm a little confused about this: we have walnuts in Europe too. But when I collect them, they're not in a husk. When they fall off the tree, the husk breaks off and the nut rolls out, or, at the very least, splits open. And then they sit there in the sun, and dry until someone finally decides to go to the trouble of picking them up and taking them home. Perfectly clean nuts too, ready for permanent storage, as is. It's amazing how few people do pick them up. Even though we're nowhere near as rich as Americans.
And sure, I understand, yours must be a different variety. What I'm confused about is: why not plant the variety we have, where the husk falls off?
I can attest to what you said, btw: 10-15 walnuts are a meal. You're full. It's not a "diet" meal, either, they're loaded with calories. Though, obviously, you're not gonna get fat on them, you can't really get fat on whole foods.
I think you are talking about Juglans Regia or Carpathian Walnut/English Walnut. Amazing tree and we are planting them extensively in our landscapes to get them going. They just aren't nearly as common as black walnut. It's magic how easy they are compared to these, when it's a good year I get crazy collecting :)
would it be possible to just leave them out in crates to ferment the husk of?
I wouldn't do that... I think most/all would be taken by creatures and the flavor would be off...
How do you crack them open? I find that black walnuts and hickory nuts are really hard and time consuming to get the meat out of. Is there a "best" way?
I have a 'Master Nut Cracker' that is wonderful. If time allows I'd be happy to share a system for cracking them with a hammer and pliers that works wonders
Do you have an easy way of getting the meat out?
Nothing 'easy' but I have a 'master nut cracker' that helps quite a bit
I have processed thousands of black walnuts in years past, but I end up not eating very many, because cracking them cleanly is a chore and a half. I hate seeing this food source go to waste, but it's always been more of a waste of time for me
Are these comparable to English walnuts?
I find them to be less bitter but have a strange sweetness that almost tastes like it’s about to ferment. It sounds odd but I really like it.
They are much more difficult to crack, you’ll want a nut wizard for sure!
Thanks for the info. I have a few buckets full and was going to use them for seed, but I’ll see how they taste also.
There is also more meat in an English Walnut. The walls of the nut are thicker and harder. A slightly smaller nut overall most of the time. I agree with the flavor that jd describes but I would add that it is almost like a hint of sweet wine in a way, instead of ferment.
Get those knee pads, they're amazing
Yeah, sometimes I remember to have a burlap sack nearby to kneel on, but not always :)
Tried that a few years ago I had a severe allergic reaction to the jugalene the skin peeled off half my fingers😯
That is intense, sorry you had that happen :(
Do they taste different if you don't wash them?
They can be overwhelmingly strong if they aren't cleaned at all
Some people use walnuts as natural color for hairs .
Any hacks for removing the shells?
He has a video for Master Nut Cracker that is a demonstration of the one he purchased from a small family business. If you look that up it should have a link to their site if they still sell.
@@Dontreallycare5 Thank you!
Master Nut Cracker if you can find it, although they aren't around any more as far as I know. LEM Products has something like it you can look up...
@@edibleacresThe site is still there, but the Master Nut Cracker seems unavailable. I did find the one on LEM products, not sure where it's made but I'm ordering one. Thank you!
Is it ok if the husks have turned completely black and have turned rotten?
As long as the interior nut is still hard, the seed inside should be fine to eat.
Should be fine and worth processing. The flavor will be more intense sometimes but that isn't bad...
Hello! Off topic question: I just moved to the area, and I'm wondering if the little red berries I'm seeing are wild rose hips. They are bright red, about the size of shelled sunflower seeds. Can I harvest them? Are the edible?
Use Google Lens function when you take a picture, hopefully there are still leaves that will help ID.
Definitely do not experiment until you have a positive ID. It doesn’t sound like rose hips to me, they’re usually much larger than that.
@@anna9072 Yeah, I'll be careful thanks. That's why I'm asking around. I'm hoping to get a book on local flora, any ideas where I might find one?
@@terrencesauve Thanks! I'm not sure how to do that, but I'll ask my techy sibling.
@@CameoFarmer local to where? I’m on Vancouver Island, so local to me might not be local to you. Euell Gibbons did a series of books on foraging for wild foods, they’re oldies but still goodies, and cover most of North America. If I was curious about a specific plant I’d probably do something like Google “small red berries” and see what came up. I’m not really an expert, but rose hips are one thing I have learned a fair bit about and I’ve never seen any as small as you described.
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.
By the video silence I sincerely hope that congratulations are in order. Sleep well
YES! Zelda arrived on 10/17. We'll do a gentle/small introduction with the next video. Thanks for being such a consistent and caring part of our extended community :)
@@edibleacres Delightful news!! So very happy for you!!🥰
@@edibleacres woohoo🥳 So very happy for your family❤️
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.
Your driveway is too hard. Ours was gravel. The semi loose gravel rolled around a bit with the nuts
Yeah I could imagine that not working
There are hand crank walnut huskers available for less than $300 bucks....this seems too labor intensive to want to ever do again.
The husk leave a permanent stain. It is used for tanning animal hides.
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!
I never was my nuts no mold either and my hands are never black
Oh come on, it’s not a Food it’s damn snacks!
Depends on scale. Snack if you have a few, serious food security when you have many thousands. There have been MANY times where I sat down and cracked 10-20 nuts and felt quite full for quite a while.
@@edibleacres There was an influencer who has eaten “food” like that… the only problem is, she died after her experiment…
@@luckyhomesteadwhat are you suggesting?