~walnuts & caterpillar~

[jersey]

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. The “eye dots” are to keep birds away.
The walnuts are interesting. I literally have thousands of them this year. The ground is covered in places. No one wants them here except the squirrels. They are a lot of work to sort, husk and pick from the shells.

 

[robertk]

No one wants them here except the squirrels.

Do the walnut companies not buy them? Around here that's a thing in the fall, the walnut companies set up hulling stations and you can bring in your walnuts to sell them. When I was a kid, I used to make a small fortune every year off the walnuts. (Of course, to me in those days, anything over ten bucks was a fortune.)

 

[jersey]

very pretty caterpillar . not many walnuts this year. i give some away. this pic is from last yr.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Do the walnut companies not buy them? Around here that's a thing in the fall, the walnut companies set up hulling stations and you can bring in your walnuts to sell them. When I was a kid, I used to make a small fortune every year off the walnuts. (Of course, to me in those days, anything over ten bucks was a fortune.)

We have no walnut buyers or hulling stations. I wish we did.👍🏼

 

[Chilli]

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😀 the eye marks look like they've been drawn on don't they. Amazing.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Black walnut trees are very common in my area. I’ve cut and milled them for almost 40 yrs to make gunstocks. This is a stock I’m working on now. It was from a large crotch and was cut in 2017. No stain, just a little water to show the actual color.

 

[jersey]

Black walnut trees are very common in my area. I’ve cut and milled them for almost 40 yrs to make gunstocks. This is a stock I’m working on now. It was from a large crotch and was cut in 2017. No stain, just a little water to show the actual color.View attachment 2170738View attachment 2170739

beautiful wood. I was told walnut root is excellent for carving.

 

[ToddsPoint]

beautiful wood. I was told walnut root is excellent for carving.

I’ve processed two walnut stumps. It’s a lot of work cutting back roots with petrified mud stuck to them. I’ve never carved any stump wood but here is what it looks like.