Mmmm that smell!

Smells great in here. Picked up some shagbark hickory nuts I plan to fire roast if anyone has some tips.

 

Knew I'd find you here, Jack. Glad to se ya. I'm curious how those nuts turn out.

 

Me too Al, I had to travel south to find them. Never messed with them at all.

 

We have shagbarks hickory all around, but the squirrels get the nuts first. My wife wanted to buy a hickory tree. Maybe we will.

 

We would, but we just got done planting a bunch of fruit tree. Out of room.

 

I planted dwarf Cherry and Apple about 3 years back. They were fruited in the pot when we planted them. This year the Mcintosh didn't get but one flower, and the red delicious got a couple. No fruit, of course. I kind of did them with understory plants of blueberry, service berry, choke berry, raspberry, blackberry and blackhaw, in a permaculture kind of way. Also planted a couple of Paw-Paw trees. So, now I just will wait and see what happens. I might have better luck with a nut bearing tree. Fits my personality.

 

Looky what I found.

http://www.virginiagourmetfood.com/...froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle

 

I put in two peaches, two plums, and a catalpa this year. Mulberry tree about ten years ago. Added more asparagus crowns this year too. Oh, gooseberries, currents, and blackberries too. Moved the raspberries into the fence line as well.

 

That syrup looks great.

 

Coming from the Old Dominion. Not much shagbark around me. But I guess Berryville has some.

 

Just for kicks I ordered some split Shagbark Hickory nuts off of ebay last night. They are from Ohio. Will let you know how they are.

 

I have a couple pounds drying in the basement right now... THEY ARE SO GOOD! Taste a little like walnuts.

 

Got my nuts today. I ordered them split in half. Taste great. Almost like maple-walnut flavor

 

So far managed to gather roughly 6 pounds over the past 3 weeks this season.Half of those just last Saturday.Some are a little small,some are larger than normal,but overall its a good crop this year.Hoping to get another 2-3 pounds before the falling leaves bury them or squirrels/chipmunks/wild turkey get them first.I could pick up 50 pounds if I wanted to,but my back wouldn't agree + picking time is limited also.

 

Where are you located? Im in mid NY and they have been gone for about a month.

 

Nice haul, thistle. Good size too. Saw some on the ground here yesterday and they were rather small. Now that the leaves are dropping I see more still on the trees. I might even be able to get some before the squirrels do.

 

Central Iowa

 

I roasted my in the oven at 200 degrees for an hour, they taste great!

 

Shagbark nuts average 75-100 per pound,so it takes a while to get the weight.

Shellbark (AKA Big Shellbark & Kingnut) is closely related - tree has similar bark,7 leaflets instead of 5 for shagbark & has the largest nuts - 25-30 per pound.I'm just out of native growing range for those,there used to be some in a couple counties south of me some years ago though.The 2 species can sometimes hybridize also,I'm pretty sure parents have some on their property 1 hour west of me.Shellbark has a much smaller growing area compared to Shagbark.

 

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-item/shagbark-hickory-nut