General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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August 20, 2017 | #16 |
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We have some hickory three way back in the woods, loade with nut.
I will harvest some and test.But I think it is too early to pick them around here. Luckily we have no squirrels. Thanks to chicken hawks. So I can wait.
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August 25, 2017 | #17 |
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Update : 8/25/17
I checked my hickory nuts. They are still too soft. But tasted good. I will keep checking regularly.
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August 26, 2017 | #18 |
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One thing my Dad did was to get some old window screens, elevate them with blocks of wood, spread the nuts out on the screens and let them dry out. The screens allowed air to circulate all around the nuts and they dried out evenly and faster.
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When I lived in Richmond BC, I once saw someone wearing rubber boots hop into a shallow 6'x6' bin and sort of lightly stomp the hazels to get the husks off. Hundreds of pounds of nuts were done this way. |
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August 26, 2017 | #20 |
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When I was a kid my job was to crack hickory nuts with a small hammer and pic out a quart jar of nut meats. It was enough for my mom to bake hickory nut cookies all winter. They were Awsum.
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Thanks for the drying tip, Paul. I have a big screen frame that I can use it for this purpose.
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