Foraging Walnut for Medicine

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  • @HeidiVillegas
    @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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    • @pamtedder
      @pamtedder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ThankYou.

  • @sallywasagoodolgal
    @sallywasagoodolgal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +248

    When I was a girl, about 1948, two of our neighbors girls got ringworm in their hair. The rich family took their girl to the doctor. He shaved her head, and doctored the ringworm. She wore a crocheted beanie for almost a year. The poor family took a green black walnut off the tree, mooshed one side on the sidewalk and rubbed it on her scalp, with her hair still there. (She was a little blonde, and I don't even remember it staining her hair.) I remember her having a ringworm or two on her upper arm, and maybe her torso. It was treated the same way. Rich girl, bald for near a year. Poor girl, perfectly fine in a week or two. That was when I learned to appreciate 'traditional medicines' and figured out doctors don't know everything.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      OMGOSH!!!!!😂 I LOVE this so much! Thank you for sharing this!

    • @cinemacritic2715
      @cinemacritic2715 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doctors are sometimes thought of as legal murderers. Sorry, many are great servants, but their system is intended to hurt us.

    • @cinemacritic2715
      @cinemacritic2715 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😄

    • @wolfmangosan539
      @wolfmangosan539 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      So in this case antifungal is the key goledseal , yarrow, garlic or sliver.. There are many good ringworm cures it's just a fungus same as jock itch or athletes foot. Good video ❤

    • @sallywasagoodolgal
      @sallywasagoodolgal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@wolfmangosan539 I was just a little girl, and was looking forward to Sue (the poor girl - but she was tough and mean, and beat me up regularly) getting her head shaved. When her mother cured her with a common ol' walnut, and the ringworm went away faster than the Peterson girl's (I liked her), I was pretty disappointed. (Sue grew up to be lovely, and the Peterson girl moved away by 3rd grade.)

  • @biancagarcia5384
    @biancagarcia5384 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So glad I found this channel!!!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, that's so kind of you!

  • @jeffnbarbiemiller
    @jeffnbarbiemiller หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you ❤

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome 😊

  • @2WOLFS
    @2WOLFS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    Don't forget inside the hard shell is some awesome black walnuts nuts to. I grow up picking up walnuts and selling them in 50 pounds bags. But we also shelled away the soft green and black and dropped one into 5 gallon of water. After 3 to 5 days you notice the water turn brown and we used it to remove parasites from out animals on the working farm just put the water in the chicken/duck watering pot, feed one whole walnuts or just the soft shell to pigs, water for your dogs, cats, cattle, mules and horses and any animal on you farm. We removed ringworms, fungus it does stain but it will wear off. Because on the farm we had a gravel driveway to the barns. Instead of having to use a hammer to break away the outer shell we pour them in the gravel driveway. The truck and vehicles knott the our shell off, we gathered them up and placed them in a bucket or box inside the hay room in the barn. We would use then as needed till next walnuts harvest. It free food and absolutely taste great in homemade old fashioned chocolate candy, the one that Martha's Washington mded it has to be mixed and cooked on the stove for a pretty good time. But, it is better then any chocolate candy i have found. Breads, icing and has a better taste then English walnuts. As children we would set around the fireplace or heating stove during cold winter. Grandmother would keep a card of bobby pens and each child would receive one. And if you had never picked out walnuts you'd be shown how. The deal was 1 bite of the nut for every six walnuts were picked out. Because believe me that first taste of wild grow black walnuts is out of this world delicious. We also gathered wild hickory nuts and did them the same way. But, hickory nuts have a four piece hard shell around the nut. Those were picked up to help start wood fires. And yes you could smell just a hint of hickory in the air when used to start fires. The nuts were creaked by the oldest child and the picking of the nuts began. It was a wonderful time for us as children in many ways. We were helping gather and pick out the nuts, spending time with your family and knowing some delicious breads, cakes with icing and everyone favorite the chocolate candy with chopped nuts. I have taught my children and grandchildren and it's enjoyed every winter just like when I was a child. So gather up the free foods, use the hulls for fungus and dewormer for your animals and free and taste the delicious food made with you free nuts

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Wow! Thank you SO much for these great tips! What memories you have, too---wonderful!

    • @DonnaPeck
      @DonnaPeck 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      My Mom lived to 87 and her Mom to 93. Grandma had a black walnut tree in her yard and we all got the benefit of that bounty!
      Thanks for sharing your experience!

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To and too are different words with different meanings.

    • @chantalberube1246
      @chantalberube1246 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow ! So much knowledge and know how in your story.
      Wish I had transmission of all that in my family. So many of us miss those treasures. Continue to pass on, that is more precious than gold. Thank you.

    • @2WOLFS
      @2WOLFS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@slappy8941 did you learn anything other than to bring a spell check?

  • @Saffirance
    @Saffirance 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @michelemarch8270
    @michelemarch8270 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You So Much😊💖🌸

  • @FreeSpiritinLightandLove
    @FreeSpiritinLightandLove 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome!🥰

  • @joey_bag_a_donuts
    @joey_bag_a_donuts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i would also add that black walnut lumber has an amazing scent and, in my opinion, it's the most beautiful wood of all.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is definitely SO beautiful!

  • @leonekinney7331
    @leonekinney7331 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely an English Walnut. Informative video.

  • @harrietpeabody2118
    @harrietpeabody2118 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you

  • @DTA-me3kv
    @DTA-me3kv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks 🙏

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re welcome 😊

  • @silviofontana5144
    @silviofontana5144 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always thought that the optimal time to pick the nuts was when the inside of the nut was still in its milky, soft state. I have made Nocino this way using walnuts and its just amazing. Thanks, for your well presented video.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the comment! I'll have to look into nocino!

  • @michellececilia4691
    @michellececilia4691 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks again ❤ got alot trees

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome 😊

  • @farangarris2598
    @farangarris2598 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I grew up in NJ and we picked up the nuts as kids for my mom and grandma. We would use the outter hul to make stain for furniture. We always had walnuts in a bowl at home for snaks and other things. Our hands would be stained most of the summer. How fun. Good for you. Like your video😊.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you so very much! I appreciate your comment!

  • @sylviebigger4939
    @sylviebigger4939 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou so much for your information.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Sylvie! I appreciate the comment!

  • @dshollins5864
    @dshollins5864 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting.

  • @lizlucci
    @lizlucci 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I use to have A 5 acre farm and my husband did the hole perimeter of our property in black walnut trees.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a LOT of walnuts!

  • @glennbastarache2310
    @glennbastarache2310 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I believe your tree is an English/Persian or carpathian walnut. The very dark green shiny leathery leaflets with round leaf tips are a dead giveaway. Any other variety of blackwalnut,butternut,heartnut, manchurian etc. Have pointed dull green leaflets.
    That is a very magnificent tree you have there!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for the helpful tip. I'm a Mojave Desert and Idaho mountain west forager, so this tree was a surprise and unknown to me. The property owner told me it was black walnut, and I did try to find identification differences....but I couldn't! Luckily, the medicinal value is somewhat similar, so the herbal making isn't a complete waste. :-) Thank you so much again!

  • @steve0506
    @steve0506 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have black walnuts nearly big as baseballs with the hulls on,use caution on a windy day while under a black walnut :o

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dang! Those are BIG!

  • @leobonek3204
    @leobonek3204 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice information

  • @senatorjosephmccarthy2720
    @senatorjosephmccarthy2720 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    10: 42. Overall that's a lot of cutting. I would try to find a plyers or make a pair that holds the walnut while it's being peeled, and/or wear a knife-proof glove.
    Thank you for the walnut herbal information.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much, and you're right!

  • @debbiehopper5288
    @debbiehopper5288 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!

  • @ashleym.9682
    @ashleym.9682 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I used the back of my muck boots to step on hundred of these and gather the walnuts! Squish it one direction then lift up and squish it the opposite direction and the nuts come right out of the green hull. Clean and easy process.
    Gathered some more hanging on the tree for these 2 extractions.
    Thanks for sharing the info!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the great tip!

  • @nicholesmith1053
    @nicholesmith1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    We have multiple trees in our yard and I had no idea they were so useful

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes indeed!

    • @wesurvivedcastledunboy9571
      @wesurvivedcastledunboy9571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The wood is valuable as well. I’d keep them for health related tinctures though.

  • @earlliverseed1617
    @earlliverseed1617 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    just got some black walnuts you confirmed the process. I use coconut oil at 150 no higher than 180F and soak it for 48 hours in my chocolate melter crock pot. Filter it and let it cool. for a tincture just warm it in your hand. just a way I have developed.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing your process with us!

  • @queunlimited4779
    @queunlimited4779 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a cutie 🫂

  • @lancerudy9934
    @lancerudy9934 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video 😊

  • @ObO-sd1xg
    @ObO-sd1xg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bet that tomato was delicious! We had 2 tomato plants in our back yard and they put out 113 tomatoes between the two of them in one season! 113! I counted only the ones that were good enough to eat! I'm in North Kakalaki and we know how to do stuff like that real good here.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's amazing! Isn't it SO wonderful to grow your own food....and medicine too?

  • @DavidSmith3750
    @DavidSmith3750 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The shells of the nut used in sandblasting. I use the meat when dark rinsed through cement mixer strained pour in mason jar I use the juice hair color. Like honey add sone coconut oil it’s great

    • @DavidSmith3750
      @DavidSmith3750 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I ty[e meat I meant the hull the resin I use for hair dye With honey for conditioner. Or with coconut oil

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's SO interesting! Thanks for the comment!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll have to try this!

  • @ukulelekitten15
    @ukulelekitten15 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Black walnuts are round like little tennis balls and very soft (easy) to cut into. The nuts you are using (challenging to husk) and more almond-shaped - I believe, may be English walnuts. Thank you for the instructions, and for all the great info. I have processed our black walnuts both ways, as you taught, but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to use it. God Bless you Heidi and thank you. 🙏🏼💌

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much! Yes, there are a number of comments about the identification. Luckily, you can use them both! :-)

  • @omearica-rc6fp
    @omearica-rc6fp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One more comment. Something I learned this year and I have been doing this for a while. DO NOT CUT OPEN THE GREEN HUSK WITH A KNIFE. Instead, take a mallet or hammer and smash it on a flat surface. I have a gravel drive, but I have paver stones I used this year to do this. I can now husk 4 or 5 times as many in the same amount of time as it used to take me struggling with a knife. Additionally, your hand, even with gloves, will get sore and bruise or swell if you do enough of them and that can be 10 to 15 freshly fallen ones, or 20 to 25 black walnuts that you have allowed to set out a while. USE A MALLOT! It is also MUCH safer. Wear protective glasses also! God bless all here.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great tips! Thank you!

    • @martylanning8133
      @martylanning8133 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What kind of oil was she using?

    • @omearica-rc6fp
      @omearica-rc6fp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@martylanning8133 Olive oil for black walnut husk oil, but vodka *usually) is what is used for tinctures. You don't consume more than about 3 to 10 drops at a time so the alcohol is not a problem. I make both the oils and tinctures.

    • @martylanning8133
      @martylanning8133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@omearica-rc6fp thank you

    • @JoniSharp
      @JoniSharp หลายเดือนก่อน

      How long do you leave oil in crockpot?

  • @independentthinker8930
    @independentthinker8930 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have to be quick to beat the squirrels to the black walnuts.
    I love them!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, those squirrels do love them too! LOL Good luck!

  • @namiesnaturals3557
    @namiesnaturals3557 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My neighbor had a black walnut tree, i pick up bunch off ground blackish n maggies, yuk i didnt know about hull, i clean them with a tooth brush took forever n dried em out over several weeks packed em up n winter came i ended up leaving some out daily for the squirrel s. She had the tree cut down so no more issues of em bunking in her building.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for this great comment! Yes, those maggots are a bit much, arent' they?

  • @user-jc8rz2jj9r
    @user-jc8rz2jj9r 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My dad, born in 1931, was always on the hunt for black walnuts. He cracked them on a large anvil in our backyard. When I married my father-in-law, born in 1929, made the neatest gifts from black walnut shells and he always has a jar of the meat ready for me when I visited.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's a wonderful memory! Thanks for the comment!

    • @samsilva3625
      @samsilva3625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You put the comma in the wrong place so it says you married your father-in-law.

  • @growingbyfaith3424
    @growingbyfaith3424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I am glad I found you today! It appears we are very like-minded. I used to have a website for our organic farm where we raised soy-free chickens for meat and eggs. We also raised sheep, steer, and dairy animals. We sold the farm so I no longer have the website. We even did wild edible workshops on the farm! I LOVE the fact that God has given us all we need to stay healthy! Today I harvested lots of walnuts! I will try the oil infusion. I have never made one. I agree with your mission of having a herbalist in every household. Thank you for the great video.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words! I appreciate you!

  • @krislange1186
    @krislange1186 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in SW Missouri and Black Walnuts are almost invasive here. True on the variety. Black Walnuts are a little rounder. I will definitely be trying this come fall. We usually gather them and sell them to "dealers" in the fall. I can't wait to try this. How long do you keep the jar with the oil in the water?

  • @M.O.W.
    @M.O.W. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THATS what those green balls are that fall in my backyard all summer?? I was told by my neighbor that they were unripe walnuts, that something was wrong w the tree! Lol what the world...

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep! :-) Enjoy!

  • @Thankful1998
    @Thankful1998 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Crazy! I inherited a tree @ 35 years ago. I don't the taste of black walnuts. They are hard to open, so I have trashed every harvest. I recently learned pigs like them and recently had learned of their medicinal value. This is the first walk through I have seen; thank you. This was an off year (not one nut), but I will be ready next year!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for your sweet words!🥰

  • @kprairiesun
    @kprairiesun 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm from Kansas, living in Missouri and black walnuts are delicious In oatmeal cookies, biscotti, Swedish rusks, banana bread and in frosting. My grandma always made me a delicious chocolate with a creamy white frosting with black walnuts in it. The combination is absolutely delicious!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh, those all sound SO good! You should do a recipe book---I think people would love this! I know I would!🥰

    • @cindylee6496
      @cindylee6496 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree! A cookbook would be wonderful for those of us without elders aka knowledge!

  • @megmills4798
    @megmills4798 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To bad this is 2yrs old you are interesting God bless😊

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, for some reason, YT decided to push this older video out! I'm glad though!

  • @user-pc3bb5iv5x
    @user-pc3bb5iv5x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Slow yourself and calm your breathing relax and treat it like natural conversation

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you----This is a two year old video, when I was just getting started. I hope I've improved a bit since then! Thank you again----

  • @tinafosterharper8027
    @tinafosterharper8027 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My yard is covered by them now,

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a mess, but what a fortune in some ways!

  • @megmills4798
    @megmills4798 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are so many here

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know---there really are---

  • @ronandragonflame
    @ronandragonflame 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The shell is such a wonderful dye base. I will always love the scent of this tree. ❤

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It really is!🥰

  • @vickischaffer9229
    @vickischaffer9229 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have so many trees they bring lots of squirrels

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't you just love the squirrels?

  • @megmills4798
    @megmills4798 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes this is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it😊

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My favorite verse!!!

  • @southernstacker7315
    @southernstacker7315 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a couple of these. Big as hell. Always dropping these big ass green balls. I have tons of these green balls all over my yard.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the comment! I had to laugh at your description! SO true---

  • @rvnurse2b
    @rvnurse2b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you should have mentioned that black walnut hulls tend to give contact dermatitis. I hope the tinctures don't.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The tincture won't be as rough on the dermis as the hulls in direct contact....BUT everyone reacts differently, so there may be sensitivities for some people. Even OTC meds can cause reactions. The best thing to do is stop using immediately if any sensitivity occurs. Another thing is to do a patch test for those who have very sensitive skin.

  • @colleenmcchesney1482
    @colleenmcchesney1482 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Okay so when you say make a tea ☕️, you mean that you can actually drink it like a tea? I am new to using black walnuts for tinctures. I have made inks with them mostly or eaten the nut meats. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, I wouldn't drink it unless you check in with an herbalist who knows and understands your intentions and can help with suggestions---it can be toxic in large amounts. But as a skin wash for topical fungal infections it can be used this way---It may stain, but it's better than the infection!

  • @matthewturan9343
    @matthewturan9343 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My wife and i just took walnuts to market. After having the hulls removed we ended up with 472lbs. of nuts.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is wonderful!!! Congrats!

  • @Machell
    @Machell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Franckinsence and myrrh love those also champa etc❤❤

  • @cowbdave99
    @cowbdave99 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Walnut tree can lay out in the woods for years without rotting. Makes since its anti fungal

  • @choungchiv2441
    @choungchiv2441 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder how effective those walnut fruit husks are at ridding worms when there are worms that eat those husks!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a good point! But the fungus and parasitic worms are different than these maggots.

  • @dalejgreene2051
    @dalejgreene2051 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Show us the end results and how to use this walnut treatment!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I should do a video on this topic!

  • @BryonSturgill
    @BryonSturgill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have the prettiest eyes!!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!

  • @user-ho4nw5sf3w
    @user-ho4nw5sf3w ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The old black walnut tree. I come from a long line of old German cabinet makers. Black walnuts were a staple in our house. You could eat all you wanted. I still like the taste of them better than those bland English walnuts. We had five big walnut tree ringing our yard. The walnut tree is the last to get it's leaves in the spring, and the first to loose them in the fall. In the fall in our yard it was wise to wear a hard hat just to walk to the garage. And then there were the squirrels. Over the thirty years we lived there the squirrels became very friendly. We could hand feed them and even pet them as time went by. Black walnut,, plant them if you can, if you don't have much luck that way try my way. Go find a supply of walnuts. Place them in the yard. Find a friendly squirrel who will work cheap and have him plant them.

  • @chellechelle8767
    @chellechelle8767 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have MANY black walnut trees and I was very interested in your process, however, you did not show or tell (that I noticed) what part of the fruit you put into the jar. LOL

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was the hulls---

  • @leiatyndall8648
    @leiatyndall8648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My parents ordered & planted an English (Carpathian) Walnut tree from a catalog when I was a kid, & planted it (I actually found a catalog pg in their basement, yrs ago!). I too, was thinking this tree looked like their tree (they still live there, w/ their almost 40 yr old walnut tree). The leaflets are pretty much always rounded, mostly entire (smooth, not super toothed/serrated), & odd-pinnate (fernlike & like you showed, w/ a leaflet on the end), & scented. The bark starts off grey & smoorh, but develops furrows later, giving it a rougher, slightly darker look as the tree ages. Black walnuts are generally supposed to be even-pinnate (ending in a pair of leaflets, although apparently some will have a single leaflet, that's quite small), serrated, more narrow lanceolate w/ pointier tips leaflets. The bark is (I believe) always a (darker) brown, though I do not know if they start off smooth & become furrowed/rougher w/ age. There are other species in the walnut family, but I have very little experience w/ them, other than helping my friends remove a messy Tree of Heaven. Walnut family members all produce juglones, the allelopathic substance that is particularly adverse to the tomato/potato (Solanaceae family). I did take Botany in college, so hopefully I'm remembering the terminology OK, but even then we didn't discuss this family in those classes, as they aren't common where I live (UT). When harvesting for nuts, that mostly green, but w/ some brown to start peeling from is the easiest & cleanest way to remive the husk. The entire fruiting body is called a drupe.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you SO much for this. I have searched and searched for information on the differences between the two walnuts, and there is nothing useful. Luckily, the chemical constituents of the two trees are very similar, with black walnut having more of the juglone content, which makes it so powerful as an antioxidant and antifungal. But, I'm very pleased with the blackness of my tincture, and have gotten some good results already. The property owner told me it was a black walnut tree. I searched and searched and couldn't find info. Medicinally, they're similar, with black walnut being slightly more powerful. I've thought about removing this video, but it's doing quite well....So I just keep explaining myself over and over again, LOL.
      I wish I had seen your explanation of the leave identification when I was doing my research! You should start a plant identification site!!!

    • @user-nn9bc5wt3y
      @user-nn9bc5wt3y 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought that was an odd looking black walnut tree... ouch...

  • @Machell
    @Machell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I use to carry a buckeye with me ❤❤

  • @j.jacobson
    @j.jacobson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have lots of black walnut trees on our farm and am curious if you know how or why the iodine resin under the hull would burn the skin ?
    My children and I were out foraging walnuts and began to hull them out and my hands got extreme boil /burns much worse than poison ivy which has never happened previously.
    Thank you for the wounderfull video and beautiful landscape.
    Jeff.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, you sure had a reaction to something! I've never heard of burns like this, but some people are very sensitive to different chemical compounds. It's not outside the realm of possibility.

  • @jackjones9460
    @jackjones9460 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What wonderful information! Thank you.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so welcome!🥰

  • @omearica-rc6fp
    @omearica-rc6fp ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was concerned for you when you began this video in Oregan, where your mom's black walnut tree is. Glad and grateful that you seemed much happier by the end. I'm compassionate that way. I spent hours today trying to separate black walnut husks from walnuts that fell off the tree today. Tough job and I have bruises on my hand to prove it. A utility knife might have made it easier, but either way, be very careful, they can be very, very tough and the knife can & likely will slip. I know they soften up a bit after a week, but my intuition tells me the fresher, the better, but it's only intuition & may not be correct. Thank you for the tip on heating my fresh oil in water in my slow cooker with the lids off. I've got a quart done for the tincture now (or will be in around 6 weeks) and the oil simply needs to be heat treated. God bless all here, especially the host of this video. I love pleasant hosts with no loud or obnoxious music and straight to the point tips. You accomplish that and more, so I subscribed. Thanks.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow! Thank you so very much for both the tips and the compliment! I'm with you---I don't like music when I'm trying to learn....

    • @readoryx373
      @readoryx373 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for expressing your feelings and unknown knowings, I duly feel confused about the tannins and other medicinal properties fresh versus wormy-black. Will research for myself

  • @faithp9853
    @faithp9853 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You can identify a black walnut by taking the enormous amount of shells, the squirrels deposited in your attic, and compare them to the shells underneath the black walnut tree lol

  • @filipe6953
    @filipe6953 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very few butternut trees in the wild.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a walnut on a property---

    • @filipe6953
      @filipe6953 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They look more like Butter nuts [Juglans cinerea] looks like lemons vs round balls. But I could be wrong.but if correct you might have one of very few trees left alive.@@HeidiVillegas

  • @jeromewheeler7097
    @jeromewheeler7097 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe you have an English walnut tree there.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, indeed! Please do read the comments. The property owner misidentified it, it seems. Luckily the medicinal values are very similar!

  • @ttschrock7126
    @ttschrock7126 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you use English Walnut hulls too? Thank you Heidi.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes! Yes, you sure can.❤️

  • @suzycowan5072
    @suzycowan5072 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is amazing information, I am so glad that I came across your channel this morning. My neighbor next door has 12 Black Walnut trees in their yard and I am going to have to ask them if I can harvest some of their nuts. When the previous owners still had the property, I had permission to take anything I wanted from their Apple, Pear, and Walnut trees, but the new owners moved in this past spring and I have yet to ask for their permission. Also, I am still trying to find any information about the Shagbark Hickory tree and the Hickory nuts, which look identical to the Black Walnut except they don't turn black. I have an 85-year-old tree growing directly outside my back door, and it is just starting to drop nuts now (those that the squirrels are throwing at us that is). I started teaching myself about Holistic medicine starting about a year ago and I am definitely going to look into your channel a bit more and glean any information you are teaching. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us. May God always Bless you with good health, safety, and prosperity in all you do. God Bless ~SuzyJC-in-Central-Southeastern-Ohio_10.02.2023~

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much, Suzy! I hope you get permission to forage/harvest---that sounds like a wonderful resource for you! Welcome to the community!

  • @Machell
    @Machell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love nature all of it cinnamon and mint all of it up yummy

  • @judithsmith9319
    @judithsmith9319 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hmmm. Hulda Clark method in her book The Cure for All Diseases has only 3 days extraction in the 100 proof alcohol..or I use brandy for a super high extraction for the medicinal parasite killing properties. Three days and no longer because beyond that you are getting iodine. You want the tincture to be green. I have done this for 20 years with great success. Also, no peeling the hull, just wash the whole nut with cold water, place approximately 15 green hulls in a crock, preferably with a spigot and cover with alcohol. Cover crock, Open spigot on the third day and filter thru a cloth. Keep in dark brown bottles and use for parasite killing with wormwood and cloves.

  • @KT-tz9uz
    @KT-tz9uz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent Video!! Good for you for following your own intuition!❤

  • @rachelwickart275
    @rachelwickart275 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wonderful to hear and see the identifying characteristics of botanical specimens -- so important when foraging!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Rachel!

  • @Machell
    @Machell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love huckleberry ❤❤

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too! They grow where I am.

  • @noonex6602
    @noonex6602 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nut is nut not a fruit. You can chop the sides (no peeling) part by part while the nut sits on your board. Much easier than holding it in hand.

  • @snowflake1023
    @snowflake1023 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your videos can you take black walnut tinctures with other tinctures?

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, you can, but be sure to do your research before taking and combining them.

  • @deborahklinkner1730
    @deborahklinkner1730 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow....our black walnuts are tougher than that.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These may be English.....there's been some controversy. I was told they were black walnuts, though. :-)

  • @alexkaragiannis7078
    @alexkaragiannis7078 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Btw this is the common walnut tree black walnut have a citrus smell on their skin

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've addressed this in so many of the comments. Thank you so much for writing in! Luckily, medicinally, (which is my use) the English are great too! The property owner told me it was black walnut, and I'm a forager from the Mojave Desert and N. Idaho areas....no black walnuts where I'm at! I believed the property owner....a big mistake.

  • @biancagarcia5384
    @biancagarcia5384 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember you saying that when infusing oils that we want them to be dried. Is it possible to to lay the green hull out in Texas sun for an afternoon or so then infuse? I also hear that freezing breaks cells walls so that would help to extract….

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You could certainly try this!

  • @ukulelekitten15
    @ukulelekitten15 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Heidi! Wish I could have been there in that beautiful locale with you. I made a Black Walnut salve with Calendula, plantain and lavender and it’s amazing. A gorgeous earthy colour and scent. Doesn’t stain the skin. 👍🏼💌Black walnut is a powerful medicine, amazing functions/uses. A beautiful gift. God provides for our needs, that’s for certain.
    Now ...if We could somehow bottle that initial scent of the outer shell of a fresh-picked ripe walnut - that lime, citrusy, pine like scent would make a great men’s cologne. But the scent becomes more iodin-ish once the shell is cracked open and exposed to air, as it oxidizes quickly. That fresh outer peel scent is so uplifting!!

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! Thank you for the great tips and comment!

  • @annenitkowski
    @annenitkowski 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Heidi! I recently found your page and I’m so glad I did! I have access to black walnuts this year and want to try your method for making the oil. You used a high proof alcohol, but I only have an 80 proof vodka on hand. Will that still work?

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you're only using 80 proof, I would let the hulls dry nearly all the way because you need the higher alcohol content due to the moisture of the hulls. :-)

    • @annenitkowski
      @annenitkowski 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HeidiVillegas Thank you. So would Everclear be a good choice? But if I did let the hulls dry, wouldn’t they turn black?

  • @annelaundrie7887
    @annelaundrie7887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A great big thank you for all the info on black walnuts.

  • @queeniestephenson6805
    @queeniestephenson6805 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They grow wild where I live .
    Thank you !

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're so welcome!

  • @horticultureandhomes
    @horticultureandhomes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's an English walnut and not a black walnut. The leaflets are smooth and not serrated and are too few leflets per compound leaf. The husk is oval and not round. Cutting a green husk with a knife is a bit dangerous. It's much simpler to place in a bag to keep clean and smash them. Drive the car over them works well too. Hope this helps.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much! identification has been addressed in the other comments, and I appreciate you weighing in. Luckily, the medicinal benefits are very similar. :-)

  • @domstarkey7279
    @domstarkey7279 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The leaves are different than ares in are areas

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you----I've replied quite a lot on this!

  • @DonnaPeck
    @DonnaPeck 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You never said how late long to steep the green hulls in the crock pot. An hour? Overnight?

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Personally, when doing the fast infusion method (crock pot or stove top) I like to keep the jar in the warm water for a whole day and sometimes two. Just watch the water level to be sure it doesn't evaporate all the way. Other herbalists are happy with just a couple of hours, but I like my infused oil strong.

  • @tbone9194
    @tbone9194 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I found them at the park, but by the time I was ready to cut them, they had turned
    Partially black and had maggots inside.😮

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can still use them, as long as they're not too disgusting. Mine had a few maggots too! I just shooed them out.

  • @partyo8
    @partyo8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is so neat! Our old house wr had a black walnut tree and I found it a nuisance. The squirrels would tease our dog and throw them at him. Ha! I wish I had this info back then. Thanks for sharing

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're welcome! :-)

    • @flavianofloris4459
      @flavianofloris4459 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Squirrels are edible too so many recipes online 😂

    • @heidimisfeldt5685
      @heidimisfeldt5685 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@flavianofloris4459
      So many people online talk about hunting and eating the squirrels, yet I never feasted on any.
      🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿 Not yet anyways.🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿

  • @jeremiahshine
    @jeremiahshine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    How smart our Creator is! Who else would give anti-inflammatory qualities to the very thing you turned an ankle on!😂

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOL! Yep! So true!

  • @Machell
    @Machell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Weeping willow tree 🌴🎄 they can do some damhe also

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes---the roots love water---

  • @shawnahubbard5726
    @shawnahubbard5726 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's great to know I can infuse black walnuts in oil and not just tinctures. But I listened several times and didn't hear how long to put in crackpot. Could you please let me know?

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some herbalists say a few hours....I let this batch go a couple of days, and just refilled the crock pot with warm water as needed.

  • @jeffarcher400
    @jeffarcher400 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Robin Hood used Walnut oil to darken his skin as a disguise to sneak past the Sheriff of Nottingham's men.
    I rubbed husks on dry wood and the oil rejuvinated it immediately.
    Add lemon oil from the rinds and it should be a good furniture polish or deck preserver.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is SO cool! Thanks for this great comment and the interesting uses, too!

  • @jerryclark5725
    @jerryclark5725 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you seen a Butter Nut, AKA White Walnut?

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have not. I'll look this up!

  • @tawana2inspire
    @tawana2inspire 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You spoke on oil and herbs and I often see people making herbal oil with wet herbs and I always think OMG, what are they doing.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Wet" herbs are a big NO, you're absolutely right! For example....you would NEVER want to infuse fresh (not completely dried) dandelion flowers or other "juicy" plants. The hulls of these walnut droops (the fruits) are quite dry. A bit of moisture is usually ok, as in when you infuse St. John's wort buds....if they're dry, they just don't give the best infused oil. Just an example. You can dry the hulls completely, but you won't get the amount of juglone you would otherwise. Thank you for the great comment!

  • @annebird9195
    @annebird9195 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe I've heard that pawpaw trees and autumn olive bushes can grow under walnut trees. I haven't tried it yet so do your own research.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wouldn't be surprised---- Some things will grow anywhere!

  • @vickischaffer9229
    @vickischaffer9229 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could you of used a dehydrator to dry the walnuts

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, that would work!

  • @robinwashburn8804
    @robinwashburn8804 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The leaves of your tree are a little larger than mine (a 50+' tree in Ohio), but i have little doubt those are black walnuts; that aroma is very distinctive! The bark and the nuts themselves are pretty identical to mine. I've certainty wished for years that the tree was English walnut, as even though i prefer the English taste best, by far, I'd still use them for cooking, but never wanted to invest in the expensive machine for breaking those shells! Driving over them never seemed a good option for food purposes. Also, the walnut groves of Clovis/Fresno, CA of my childhood were graphed trees. The fruit were English, but the roots were from the black walnut variety, much hardier & pest resistant. The bark was a distinctive darker on the bottom portion, lighter at the top half+. Interesting video. I've disposed of hundreds of nuts this year alone... picked up 416 just today.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you SO much! I appreciate your words because there's been some controversy on the identification here. The property owner told me it was black walnut, others have said no, and some have said it's a hybrid. But! The tincture and oil is still black....and that's the juglone. So it's good for me!

  • @justatitle
    @justatitle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After reading comments, I’m now so confused.
    Is it a Black walnut tree or an English walnut tree?
    Next….
    Is the ripe hull potentially poisonous? Referred to as juglone or something like that!?
    Sorry! I’m just new to the possibility of using Walnut tree hulls as a tincture and other types of uses.
    I had thought all along I had a Black walnut tree. And I had started some trees in pots from squirrels contribution.
    My doctor said he was growing acres of English Walnuts here in Washington State because of how much easier they were to hull, and more pleasant taste.
    I told him I had a Black Walnut tree, not exactly easy to hull, and nut meat is bitter.
    Thank you for your video and information. But possibly you could shine some light on my confusion.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, this is the downside of social media---- Since this tree is not on my property, and I no longer have access to it, I can't check it with a local extension office...that is my first move when I want an exact identification. But seriously, I've taken plant samples to our local nursery with VERY long-time experienced nurserymen, and I have gotten wrong identifications. Ideally...try to have at least two and three if possible---positive and matching identifications. That's just a good rule of thumb.
      Like I said, the property owner told me this was a black walnut....I do know they are more prevalent on the East Coast, though, and this was on the West Coast. BUT they both contain juglone (which is a chemical constituent). The level is a bit lower in English walnuts and this is where the medicine making will differ especially in terms of dosing.
      I consider walnut hulls a low dose herb, meaning it does have toxicity when taken too long or too much. But for serious and acute needs, it may be a good choice.
      I hope this helps some!

    • @justatitle
      @justatitle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HeidiVillegasthank you so much for taking your time to explain. It means so much to me.

  • @rhondaw2967
    @rhondaw2967 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I have a black walnut tree out back. My mom used to make Vanilla black walnut fudge.

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I bet that was so good!

  • @garychandler119
    @garychandler119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    CRUSH THE OUTER SHELL. IT WON'T HARM HARD INNER SHELL.ITS QUICKER JUST STOMPING ON THEM TAKES OUTER SHELL OFF.

  • @GrannyandHen
    @GrannyandHen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just tinctures this! Thank you for the instructions!! 🙏♥️✌️

    • @HeidiVillegas
      @HeidiVillegas  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're so very welcome!