WALNUTS everywhere. Alternative uses?

In Virginia I would throw them on the driveway and knock the husks off. A word about the husks, they may stain your drive but the husks have a chemical called jugalone that inhibits plant growth like any weeds in your drive. It's also the reason nothing grows under a walnut tree, like natures Round-up. Never put the husks in your garden or compost. Once dry I would keep a pailful near the wood stove and use them for kindling a fire or banking it for the night. The oil in the nut makes them burn like candle wax poured on coal. RScott

I know around here there are people who will come pick them up and PAY you for the walnuts. We pick them up here and take them to a guy that has a hulling machine that removes the outer hulls and he will buy them if you want or charge a small fee for removing the hulls from them. I would put an add for someone to pick them up and take them away on craigslist.org I am sure you will find a taker.

I have heard that the hulls make really good fertilizer.. but I haven't tried using any of the hulls for fertilizer.

The nutshell will burn very very hot if you have a fireplace or wood furnace, I know a few that have them hulled and bagged and get rid of them through the winter for a little free heat.

I made an air cannon out of pvc pipe and used an air compressor to power it... and shot hundreds into the neighbors field.... I think this is BY FAR the most thrilling thing to do with them... that or take 10-20 bucks and watch someone else make them go away!

I used to give some to a lady at work and get a batch of fudge and brownies in return. Nothing like brownies with black walnuts.

My deer think highly of them but only as a supplement. My sqirrells are very happy about them. My chipmunks will take them if I crack the shells first. Have you tried eating them? Yummy. If a tree offers you food then I think you should eat it.

The inside of the skins have a bright green dye in them, I dyed my leather shoes with this once, just by rubbing the skins on them.

Walnut butter and use the shells for compost or planter mix.