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The last 4 days I have moved approximately a ton of fallen walnuts, at last count 15 wheelbarrows.
Today the glorious Michigan winds picked up to almost normal speeds for this time of year 10-15 mph with gusts up to 35mph. Loosened lottsa nuts.
Hopefully today and tonights wind will rid this tree of its last progeny.
4 wheelbarrows today, so far.
My heart favorite tool this time of year
Big Nut Roller
. The easy comments will come here.
One of the piles in the field. The squirrels and rabbits along with the deer have been visiting.
dchill
(38,562 posts)IcyPeas
(21,916 posts)MiHale
(9,788 posts)Much better tasting than English but 20x harder to get the fruit out.
Laffy Kat
(16,389 posts)We had one in our yard when I was a youngster and my mom would make black walnut ice cream. To. Die. For.
electric_blue68
(14,962 posts)It did take while, but tasty!
Fla Dem
(23,785 posts)Plus my little Havanese dog thinks its a bait pile. Hes having the time of his life chasing them this will go on most of the winter.
Beatlelvr
(622 posts)Used to make a white fondant candy with bits of black walnuts. That was 50 years ago but I can still taste it.