Harvesting and Processing Butternuts

We are lucky enough to have a Butternut Tree in our yard, also know as a White Walnut. Some years we get a good harvest and some years we do not. This year is a good year so we are going to show you how we harvest the nuts. We are trying a new way to de-husk the nuts this year which seemed to work well but was a lot of work. Still worth it. Thanks for watching. If you want to see how we crack open the butternuts you can watch that video here: • How to Crack Butternut...
#butternut #walnut

[@williamhills6039]

Put some tarps on the ground before shaking the limbs. It will help with the gathering of the nuts

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

Thanks for the tip.

[@wtbm123]

We let ours get half brown then clean them . no sure what is best. Then Dry , and split the nuts in a vice , Squeeze the ends . We just had to remove our tree , Was getting very old and rotted . The stump measures 72 inches across in one direction and 48 inches in the other direction. I did timelapse the removal. Was a sad day .

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

Sorry you had to loose that wonderful tree. It was definitely a lot larger than ours. We are lucky that our looks in great health. Thanks for watching.

[@mandamank6846]

Could just grow another with the seeds

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

You can grow another tree with the whole nut although I have not tried it yet myself.

[@oxford821]

Great video, new sub!

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

Glad you enjoyed it. We have great time doing it. Thanks for watching.

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

Our Butternut Tree is loaded with nuts this year. Join us for our harvest and processing. Thanks for watching.

[@trentvoc4229]

That slurry that comes off the nuts after the agitating step looks like it would do well to be added to your compost pile.

[@sunnysideupfarmct]

@@trentvoc4229 Thanks for watching. My reading on Butternuts from multiple sources discovered that there is a toxin in the leaves, bark, fruit hulls, and roots that inhibit growth of certain plants. See link below.
barron.extension.wisc.edu/files/2023/02/Walnut-and-Butternut-Toxicity-1.pdf
We were afraid to compost it in fears of harming our garden.

[@trentvoc4229]

@@sunnysideupfarmct Ohhh, right. I didn't even think about that. It's a lignan tree. But then isn't that the point of composting, I mean composting is about burning what goes into it. idk, I was really thinking bout that slurry's potential for drawing red wigglers out of the soil and into the heap. They are the gold nuggets in a c'post pile.