lol.. Walnut is an easy tree to spot. The fact that it is usually all by it's lonesome helps a bunch. My grandmother, a history buff, always insisted that we take her to the plantations on rt 5, here in Va, when she visited from Texas. The Westover Plantation's grounds are open to the public with an 'honor' box to receive a modest fee from visitors. We wandered the beautiful gardens and heard a motor going around back. There was an auto with the driver going forward a few feet, then in reverse and then forward again. Curious..hmm.. A lovely lady, garden hat askew, jumped out of the car and welcomed us and explained that this was how she got the husks off her black walnuts. She had a large tarp on the ground covered with black walnuts and would run her car tires back & forth over them. Neat idea !! She insisted that my grandmother take a bag of her walnuts with a warning to wear gloves when we handled them because they would dye your hands and nails with color that would have to wear off. There was no washing the color off. That was my first acquaintance with black walnuts..lol.. Lola
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Guyot Léna <[email protected]> wrote: > No Osage Orange in upstate NY that I know of, and fortunately, I was raised > identifying trees so walnut is easy to spot. Thanks. L > > On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:15 PM, phoenix23002 tds.net wrote: > > Be careful.. Osage Orange 'fruit' looks a little like black walnuts. Very > similar but I think the Osage Orange is a little larger than the black > walnuts. There is another name for them too, just can't think of it at the > moment. Lola > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Guyot Léna <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Melly, >> I spotted them in a ditch on one of our country roads! First thought they >> were Granny Smith apples, but then realized they were beneath a walnut tree. >> Went back and gathered the ones that had fallen unbroken into the softer >> grass. They looked like a bunch of tennis balls. Best to get the ones that >> are more than 50% green still. They don't seem to rot, but they oxidize >> black when bruised or cracked and it's the green hull that offeres the best >> properties for making tincture. >> Google them so you can see what they're supposed to look like and what to >> do with them, and then drive around looking for walnut trees. Or you might >> call your local cooperative extension; they might know where there are local >> walnut trees and people willing to share. Right now is the time to gather >> them. Good luck! >> >> Be well, >> Léna >> >> >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 10:12 PM, Melly Bag wrote: >> >> Lena, >> >> Did you buy your green walnut hull? If so, where did you buy it? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Melly >> >> > >
