how's it going everyone so walnut trees are really really great to have I mean
when we moved here a few years ago we actually had one we didn't realize that
it was a walnut tree but it was and so we have absolutely loved it
really enjoyed the nuts that we get from it as they are so so yummy so it is time
to harvest them right now I'm so I'll be showing you guys how to know when
they're ready to harvest this real simple way just to harvest them and also
a few things that you need to do afterwards before they are good to eat
okay so you can see a few walnuts on the tree and that is the easiest way to
know when they are ready you'll see because the nuts will come out quite
easily and also the outer green show will split apart like that they're not
always really open like that so as you can see there's a few here they've split
so just like that then you just peel away
and they're not to come out easy so yeah that's the best way to determine when
they're ready to harvest because otherwise sometimes they can sort of
fall out this will actually go all black but it won't actually be ready to
harvest and it's most likely means that the walnut is actually rotten so that's
obviously not what you want so just wait until they split open just like that
then you know that they're ready to harvest
so for harvesting wants in your backyard I really just know of three different
ways to harvest them one being you just simply pick them just like that
it's obviously probably one of the easiest ones to do as you know
especially if they're a bit more lower lying to the ground also our one at tree
is very easy to climb so we can get up into all parts of the tree quite easily
and safely so that's a real easy way see I've already got a few there and you
just work your way around the tree collecting all of them okay so the
second way to get them is by using a big stick and you just see all the walnuts
and you just simply knock them down and this is much better if you know walnuts
if you want a tree is quite high and you can't quite get up
all the way then this is a really good good way just to get them down so see
there's a few on the ground here then you just simply go and pick them up and
just put them in a can any container a box you could use is
shaking the tree excuse me good shake and you see they're dropping down quite
easily and you just go around and pick them up
okay so this is the walnuts that we got today and we've already have this
harvested some probably a week or two ago and we'll probably get a few more as
well as the pods open like at different times so this is good this is this is
pretty good looks like we're not gonna get nearly as many as last year buying
we still got some good walnuts which is nice so after you pick them you want to
keep them in a sunny spot and wanting them to dry for about two weeks or so
this just allow us to get rid of some other moisture because if you crack one
of these open right now and eat it it won't taste good I don't know exactly
why I might look into that but I just know it definitely does not taste like
walnut should so if you let them dry out for a couple of weeks though and then
taste like walnuts so also another thing you want to try and keep them a single
layer maybe two or three max don't put them all in to say like a big bag
because they will rot I made that mistake last year and I put them in a
sort of a reusable mesh bag and it was probably 2 kilos or so put them all in
there and after a few weeks lift up the bottom and there was mold all over the
bottom went through them all it was heaps of mold so we had to throw out
most of those which was a big shame because there was a lot of them there so
keep him in preferably a single layer I'm gonna eventually afterwards I'll
just sort of put them out where the gark is and where some of our other one on
side so I'm just gonna lay them out there cuz this is north facing so we got
a lot of Sun which is nice so yep just keep them keep them laid out dry them
out for a few weeks and then they will be ready to eat so that's how easy it is
to harvest your own walnuts and also prep them for eating so that's exactly
how we do it I'm only know what this as well I've this is really our second main
time of harvesting and sort of storing our walnuts I mean it's really easy to
do and between the three methods of just handpicking using a big stick or shaking
the tree you really get most of them down pretty much all of them down
so yeah combined combined those different methods I mean I definitely
use shaking the tree and hand picking them because you know I'm able to climb
up the tree and pick any that don't come down stuff so I don't really need a big
stick or something like that but if you can't then I mean you can use that and
give the tree a big ol whack and then fall down so if you like that make sure
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