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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: black walnuts
  • Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:04:57 -0600


When I was a kid, we picked up nuts most falls - mostly hickory (better than
pecans!) and walnuts. to husk the walnuts on a small scale, pile them in
the wheel tracks of a gravel driveway, and drive a vehicle back and forth
over them. Then, let dry a few hours and pick the nuts up out of the
crushed hulls. Remember to wear gloves. Once, in my early teens, I didn't
and had to wear long white gloves to a dance the following weekend! Walnut
hulls are a very strong, and on fabric, permanent dye. One of the best wool
dyes even without a mordant. So, if you are into spinning, after the husks
dry, save them in a paper bag for dyeing purposes.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm


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> From: Hook Family[SMTP:guldann AT ix.netcom.com]
>
> I have some available to me. I removed the husks and yes their were some
> worms but they were not on the inside of the shell when opened. Smashed
> it
> with a rock :). What is the proper way to deal with them? Remove husk,
> wash, how do you wash? Then do they need to dry for a while before use?
> Thanks Beth a happy farmer of a closed for season CSA :)
>
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