While many species grow wild, homeowners can also enjoy planting and harvesting their own nut crops, including pecans, ...

Hazelnut, walnut or chestnut trees in your home orchard can keep you supplied with nuts for months, if you know how to harvest, handle and store them.

Black walnuts mature over a four- to six-week period. You’ll want to harvest the ripe nuts directly from the tree or the squirrels will get them.

I remember my dad sitting down in the winter with a bowl of black walnuts and talking about how tasty they were. He always ask if anyone wanted one, but every year we declined. Besides, those came ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Black walnuts are ready for harvest around the area. They do have an extremely hard outer shell but if you are willing to put in the effort, walnuts are a native delicacy t… ...

Hickory nuts: After the prompt harvest of hickory nuts, allow the nuts to dry in a shaded area for a few days. Unlike black walnuts, the husk of the hickory nut breaks open easily. To sort out the ...

Walnuts move up a conveyor belt as trucks are loaded during walnut harvest at the M&T Ranch in Chico Wednesday. - Bill Husa — Enterprise-Record ...