Homesteaders

[KlopKlop]

Maybe you are waiting too long to peel the husk? I usually peel mine when they are still a tad green it mostly brown. They peel easy enough but still stain a bit.

I have white walnuts on my farm, sometimes called butternuts

 

[duluthralphie]

anybody here raise Sebright chickens vs Dorking chickens? i am down to those two breeds at the moment. i like the small size of the sebrights but like the dualness of the dorking.

I wanted to get Dorking's but could not find a good breeder of them when I wanted to get them..


I vote Dorking!

 

[duluthralphie]

I have my Grandpa's old, and I mean OLD... I think it was my Great-grandpas corn sheller. The one you crank and put in one cob at a time. They are suppose to hull black walnuts with ease.

I do not have any black walnuts here so I cannot tell for sure. For some reason Black Walnuts do not like to grow in a sand dunes.

 

[Maeschak]

Don't know that I've ever seen maggots on a black walnut before and I've picked up hundreds upon thousands of walnuts in my day....I think I would have remembered maggots.

We usually just left them lying around the yard until the hulls started to deteriorate a little so they could be easily stepped upon to crush the hull and remove the actual nut. Then the nuts were spread out somewhere dry to let them dry out more and let any juices/hull fibers dry and become more easily removed. After thoroughly dried they were stored in buckets until we could crack them.

I don't know of any nifty tricks to remove those hulls...we always just stepped on them, which popped them open and revealed the nut. I'm sure there are all kinds of machinery and such out there now that could help with hull removal. Some folks put them in the driveway and just run over them for awhile to remove the hulls.

Really? No maggots? Mine always get maggots in between the dark brown paper-like skin and the nut shell if left on the ground long enough (but it is really wet around here in the fall) ... and then the nut meat is always rotten. Im going to collect them and then put them in my driveway for awhile. The driveway is mostly rock with a good amount of weeds now- but maybe the underlying rock will allow enough water to drain away after it rains that the walnuts don't just sort of rot. And then maybe driving over them will help to remove some of the hull.

I did just find out that a friend of mine has a really old corn sheller with an electric motor rigged up to it - I have read that those work pretty well as the nut is similar size to a corn cob. So I will give that a try too once we dig it out from his barn.

Fingers crossed- got so many Black Walnut trees around here, I am determined not to let them ALL go to waste this year.

Thanks for the input @Beekissed !

 

[Maeschak]

I have my Grandpa's old, and I mean OLD... I think it was my Great-grandpas corn sheller. The one you crank and put in one cob at a time. They are suppose to hull black walnuts with ease.

I do not have any black walnuts here so I cannot tell for sure. For some reason Black Walnuts do not like to grow in a sand dunes.

Thanks @duluthralphie !

I just found a super old corn sheller in a friend's barn. I am going to give it a try once I collect enough and dig it out of his barn. Sure hope it works!

 

[rancher hicks]

Currants?
1. !.Anyone take cuttings of their currants? When ?

B. If you have currants do you prune them? When?

3. What varieties do you have?

I have only one bush of a variety, I can't remember the name but I like it and want to make more bushes.

I want to plant some in an area that will become a hedgerow. I'll be putting some poultry wire next to the bushes to keep foxes out or at least make it harder for them to get through.

D. Can I plant raspberries and gooseberries near Currants. Not right next to them but in the same row?

 

[spurrer]

Has any one here ever seen a cow baptism? My children drew my attention to this taking place years ago.We were driving through farm land and there was a pasture with lots of cows. My daughters said "Look, the cows are having a baptismal service." There were several cows in a pond and more standing on the edge looking on. The ones on the bank were mooing and my daughters said they were singing. I think the song was Shall We Gather At The River. I know ya'll don't believe me but there are people on here talking about things their cows do that I find hard to believe too. Just look the next time you drive down a country road. If it is warm weather you are bound to see one.

 

[spurrer]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I grew up in Alabama in the 50's which was a very good time to be young. There was an innocence during those times that is gone now. I have many stories of my growing up in the south that I will share when it is revelant.

 

[lazy gardener]

Has any one here ever seen a cow baptism? My children drew my attention to this taking place years ago.We were driving through farm land and there was a pasture with lots of cows. My daughters said "Look, the cows are having a baptismal service." There were several cows in a pond and more standing on the edge looking on. The ones on the bank were mooing and my daughters said they were singing. I think the song was Shall We Gather At The River. I know ya'll don't believe me but there are people on here talking about things their cows do that I find hard to believe too. Just look the next time you drive down a country road. If it is warm weather you are bound to see one.

You have made my day!

When my grand son was about 3 years old, we were driving by a pasture, and there was a herd of cows out grazing. They were at the far end of this very large pasture. I stopped the car, so he could see them. He got all excited and started pointing and bouncing in his car seat, yelling: "PUPPIES!!!" From the distance, with his limited perspective regarding distance and size appearance, they looked quite small. For years, people thought our family was one sandwich shy of a picnic when ever we noticed cows, and referred to them as puppies.

 

[CLSranch]