Locally, there are black walnut buyers advertising to buy in husk. They have a hulling machine that they pass them through as you bring them in. Takes a pickup truck load to be worth much.
Eating Black Walnuts
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That must have been a fun couple hours.
Note to self: Do not work outside under a walnut tree still laden with late season nuts and the wind is blowing. Been repairing the storm damage and had noticed nuts falling and said to my self - Self - don't worry about them nuts falling, the odds that you will be hit by one is astronomically against the possibility! Of course, my luck held out. Let me say a walnut from 40+ feet in the air, falling and landing on the back of your neck, doesn't feel good! I first looked for my enemies - the squirrels might be bombarding me, but, none around - just my pisspoor blind luck. Hard hats come out!
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I've had them bounce off the hood of the lawn mower while mowing!
That's too close!
That's too close!
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In the spirit of one upping previous posts....
When I was doing some commercial mowing, we had one client with a "grove" of walnuts. When mowing (commercial JD zero turn) I twice shot a walnut out of the mower, had it ricochet off a tree and hit me in the head. One in the temple that just hurt like heck and the other square in the middle of my forehead that drew blood.
Even with the deck a little higher, there is so much blade speed/lift that it would pick up some of the dried out nuts and send them.
When I was doing some commercial mowing, we had one client with a "grove" of walnuts. When mowing (commercial JD zero turn) I twice shot a walnut out of the mower, had it ricochet off a tree and hit me in the head. One in the temple that just hurt like heck and the other square in the middle of my forehead that drew blood.
Even with the deck a little higher, there is so much blade speed/lift that it would pick up some of the dried out nuts and send them.
That could be a TV commercial for insurance with that Mayhem guy.
We were camping this past weekend with high winds and storms and were constantly being pelted by nuts. Joked about issuing hard hats. Thankfully they were only acorns and not walnuts. Hunkered under a pavilion most of the time.
I have one pecan tree (no walnut trees down here).. the squirrels don’t eat them, they just pull them off green and throw them down. I imagine they’d do the same to walnuts.
One year I decided to kill squirrels. After I dispatched more than I’d care to say, it had zero effect on the population.
Alan
One year I decided to kill squirrels. After I dispatched more than I’d care to say, it had zero effect on the population.
Alan
Never heard of a squirrel not eating a pecan. They strip my tree every year.
That's just sad.
He's my hero!