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Autumn days are a long way off but they’re already releasing promotional materials.
I’ve never collected wild nuts before, but this is DEFINITELY a mast year and a couple of huge hickory trees are dropping these like crazy. Took some home, gave them a wash, and roasted them. They smell amazing, I can’t wait to try them tomorrow!
Next project is acorn collecting for acorn flour. That’s a big project though so 🥲
[ID: A photograph of three hickory nuts sitting on a black keyboard, with an American quarter below them for scale. Each of the hickory nuts is larger than the quarter. They are aligned with the biggest on the left, and the smallest on the right, all with the pointy ends facing downward.
The first is very large, with a light tan shell, and a tall oval shape, marked with a questionmark.
The second is medium sized, with a darker brown shell, and a wide oval shape, much shorter than the first. It is labeled, “Mockernut”.
The third is the smallest, and is slightly smaller than the second. It has a brown shell, and is the roundest, almost circular in shape. It is labeled, “Pignut”
End ID.]
Not sure what the first one is, trying to identify it. But no one on iNaturalist really seems to be identifying hickories in Georiga down to the species level, so that’s not helpful at the moment. These were all found in Savannah, Georiga.
The first was found at Mohawk Park, next to Mohawk Lake. The tree is near the parking lot on the side, by the camelias.
The second was found......you know what I actually just forgot where I found it. hold on. oh no okay, it was found in front of the Dollar Tree at 10402 Abercorn Street.
I’m trying to figure out what species the first one is. It had a thin husk, which I’m pretty sure eliminates shellbark and shagbark, despite its size.
How on earth can you stand in front of a scene like this and not believe in magic? For a lot of years I lost the ability to find excitement in most everything that mattered. Life became hard, serious , and at times not very fun. Mother nature has opened my eyes and lit a fire in my soul, and she is constantly amazing me. This scene was no exception. A snowy sunrise over Hickory Nut Gorge.
Landscape, Nature/Wildlife, Fine Art photography
1/23/2021
I've got the date down... now what was I going to post?
Oh! Nonhouse has a pear tree, hickory, and another American chestnut! MIL said that the squirrels usually beat them to the nuts, but maybe I can research something. Wonder if I go out there on a warmer day (no snow), if I could find any viable nuts to sprout? Worth looking. I guess it depends on if the mower got them. I could try to get cuttings from the other one in spring, too. They're far apart enough that I bet neither gets decent pollination. (I know the other doesn't.)
Oh, and there is an ancient grapevine, if it survived. MIL gave it a severe pruning last year. It was really overgrown and needed it, but it wept out the cuts for nearly a week, so I hope it made it. I think they fruit on second year wood, so probably no fruit until next year.
[ID: A close up photo of a white hand holding a small, brown hickory nut. A small, thin crack is visible in the shell. End ID.]
Found it in a moving box in the closet, which means its at been in there for at least four years. It has a crack but I'm gonna plant it anyways.
It's from Littlestown. If I had a car I would go there every fall to collect them, but alas, it takes HOURS to get there on bike :(
Not sure the exact species since this is from a wild tree.
If you live in Littlestown Pennsylvania go to the pond in the fall and collect hickory nuts. They're delicious and also growing trees from seed is fun.
Also right before we nkced they added a REALLY dramatic black, like, marble monument so send me pictures I want to see what it looks like. I'm serious. It was really dramatic and I didn't actually read whag it was for.
Usually they're bigger than this one.
....in a nutshell