Black Walnut

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)  NO WALNUT TREES CAN BE SHIPPED TO MO, KS, IN, MI, IA, NE, MN, TX, and CA DUE TO STATE REGULATIONS  Where to begin… without the black walnut living soil tree farm likely would not exist. Although I (Nick) have been in a love affair with trees since I was a baby it was an encounter with black walnuts in my mid 20s that really catalyzed me to explore a career working with food producing trees specifically. I had always heard that black walnuts were related to the English walnuts we get at the store and that they could be eaten but I did not know how. The shells looked like walnuts but they seemed very tough and I was not sure how to crack them and if they needed special preparation. In the fall of 2021 as the walnuts started to fall, I became especially curious and had a little bit of free time on my hands thanks to the covid pandemic. So, I decided to do some “youtubeing”. I watched one video of a family processing (removing the outer green husk) black walnu