Check out an antique corn sheller. It can also be used to get the outer shell of black walnuts. You still need a wash, but it makes the process go much faster.
I w watched a different video and she used a milk crate , power wash, worked great! No husks to clean out they blow out through the holes , I found doin it on the side leaned up against the full bucket worked the Best. Good luck
That is quite a process. Glad you showed what did not work. Pretty smart you found the power wash method with the materials you had on hand. I have eaten these my whole life and never knew how they were processed. Thanks for sharing.
I can’t believe people don’t know this: the easiest way to get the husks off is to step on them with boots on, roll the nut slightly and the husk falls off.
I bought some lands up north Mississippi, l had no idea that it was a job just to get to the nuts! I'll try next year! I hope the deers can get to the nuts!
some great tips here we had a bumper crop this year I just left them all on the ground never thought to process them I'm not a big fan of walnuts, but selling them could be cool, maybe next year I'll try it
Walnuts hulls act like poison ivy on my skin . I can’t use any walnut brand stain in my wood craft or as the mrs set my sawdust adventures or eat any of the fruit . Love watching, cheers !
We use a hardwood board long enough to span a five gallon bucket and drill a hole bigger than the nut yet smaller than the hull, about 1.25 inches. Place the walnut on the hole and bang through with a mallet. Discard the hulls. We then pressure wash enough nuts to fill a 5 gallon bucket about 2 to 3 layers deep. I pour out the water after it covers the nuts and rewash about 4 times.
Let me help you out sir. 1st of all, the “C-ment” stirrer works well. You just did it at the wrong time. Remove the husks, by stepping on them, place in a bucket with water, then use the mixer on a higher speed. It works, trust me. Just my 2 cents!
@@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.
For the cement mixer paddle to work, you need a bigger container, like a trash can. A 5-gallon bucket is too small. Though your pressure washer technique seems much more efficient.
Thank you for this video. I have been researching black walnut processing off and on for years and finally started collecting our own this year. Power washing to remove the husk seems like a great solution, and one I haven't seen elsewhere. Seems like you're using the turbo nozzle, is that right? How many PSI are you blasting it with? I just picked up a 2300 PSI Ryobi, looks a lot like yours.
@@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.
Hey Brian, just found your site and am enjoying it. I’m over in the western highland rim of middle TN. Do you have any other socials? I’d like to follow along.
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.
More volume in a trash can. You don’t get all the sloshing and the nuts swirl around and grind into each other and the blades and in a few minutes almost all of the husk is removed.
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.
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
The rural landscapes are absolutely beautiful. Great job on the video!
Thanks
Check out an antique corn sheller. It can also be used to get the outer shell of black walnuts. You still need a wash, but it makes the process go much faster.
Good tip
@@FruitTree I forgot to add it’s a lot of fun using that thing.
I w watched a different video and she used a milk crate , power wash, worked great! No husks to clean out they blow out through the holes , I found doin it on the side leaned up against the full bucket worked the Best. Good luck
That is quite a process. Glad you showed what did not work. Pretty smart you found the power wash method with the materials you had on hand. I have eaten these my whole life and never knew how they were processed. Thanks for sharing.
I can’t believe people don’t know this: the easiest way to get the husks off is to step on them with boots on, roll the nut slightly and the husk falls off.
I bought some lands up north Mississippi, l had no idea that it was a job just to get to the nuts! I'll try next year! I hope the deers can get to the nuts!
Animals will eat them
We put them down in the gravel part of the Contractors Entrance to our property. Then we drive over them until breaking The Husk off of them.
some great tips here
we had a bumper crop this year
I just left them all on the ground never thought to process them
I'm not a big fan of walnuts, but selling them could be cool, maybe next year I'll try it
Here in Oklahoma I used a portable cement mixer to clean black walnuts!
That seems like a good option.
Walnuts hulls act like poison ivy on my skin . I can’t use any walnut brand stain in my wood craft or as the mrs set my sawdust adventures or eat any of the fruit . Love watching, cheers !
We use a hardwood board long enough to span a five gallon bucket and drill a hole bigger than the nut yet smaller than the hull, about 1.25 inches. Place the walnut on the hole and bang through with a mallet. Discard the hulls. We then pressure wash enough nuts to fill a 5 gallon bucket about 2 to 3 layers deep. I pour out the water after it covers the nuts and rewash about 4 times.
Good idea
Let me help you out sir. 1st of all, the “C-ment” stirrer works well. You just did it at the wrong time. Remove the husks, by stepping on them, place in a bucket with water, then use the mixer on a higher speed. It works, trust me. Just my 2 cents!
How long do they need to set? This didn't work on fresh ones
I removed the husks but can’t get a rental pressure washer until 5 days. Will it hurt the nuts to wait that long?
Not at all
@@FruitTree 😅thanks! Thanks for the video too
Thank you. Great Video.
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.
The drywall paddle method works great but you need a larger bin. I use an old water softener reservoir or a 32 garbage can.
FYI the juice of the black Walnuts can be diluted & used as a de-wormer . Along with Wormwood & Clovers, & Oregano oil. I found it on Amazon.
Drill hole in center of lid, put bit thru hole, then in drill chuck then lid on bucket
Great video thanks 😊
Happy to make it
I haven't found the recipe yet but I am looking.
For the cement mixer paddle to work, you need a bigger container, like a trash can. A 5-gallon bucket is too small.
Though your pressure washer technique seems much more efficient.
Thank you for this video. I have been researching black walnut processing off and on for years and finally started collecting our own this year. Power washing to remove the husk seems like a great solution, and one I haven't seen elsewhere. Seems like you're using the turbo nozzle, is that right? How many PSI are you blasting it with? I just picked up a 2300 PSI Ryobi, looks a lot like yours.
I used a 2300. It was the one that came with our ryobi
I haven't tried it, but I heard that running them over with your car is a good way too get the husk off.
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.
How important is wearing a helmet while bagging the walnuts?
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
Hey Brian, just found your site and am enjoying it. I’m over in the western highland rim of middle TN. Do you have any other socials? I’d like to follow along.
I do very little on Instagram but it's @brian.scott.taylor.
I'm on many face book groups but mainly share my videos.
Thanks for following
Get yourself a Nut Wizard amigo. Save your back.
Spelling the word Walnut may net you many more viewers of this video.
Thanks. I thought I had that. I'll fix the thumb nail later
And where if I may ask did you get such a nice name for your son? 👍 TNG? 😊👏
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.
He's allergic to them so we bought him better protective clothing. Child labor is a wonderfully cheap option.
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.
You could have used a tumbler
If I had one yes
the hard part is cracking them open to get the meat.
you need to use a trash can not a bucket
Ok ill bite. Why
More volume in a trash can. You don’t get all the sloshing and the nuts swirl around and grind into each other and the blades and in a few minutes almost all of the husk is removed.
@edwincathey5260 nice
Click ait title. "Finish" would actually imvolve cracking the shell, getting the nut inside.
Do you know about Black Walnut toxifying the soil. Read up on that one if the statement is new.
I did not. I will read up on it. May be a natural defense against rodents
OMG! You definitely don’t know what your doing.
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
i am tearing down two trees of walnuts because they are so big and hard they have damaged everything in my yard. including my roof.
Bummer