Black walnuts are celebrated for their bold, earthy flavor and impressive nutrient profile. This article reviews the benefits, uses, and potential safety concerns of black walnuts.

A couple of years ago the caretaker of a nearby church stopped and asked why I had “all those sumacs” in my yard. I’m not opposed to sumacs. I harvest ...

The American black walnut (Juglan nigra) is a tree native to North America and its hard-to-crack but flavorful and nutritious ...

Black walnut juice stains like nothing else. If you fail to wear gloves when you hull black walnuts, you will have the Black Hand of Death for several days.

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 ...

In fall, black walnut hulls become a car-bashing, foot-bruising problem, too. After you harvest the nuts, you’re left with that pile of tarry hulls. Is it really safe to compost them?

Black walnuts were an inexpensive, if time-consuming, way to dress up baked goods, and many people remember picking up the green-hulled nuts and putting them down in the driveway to hull.

Inside the hull and a layer of black liquid, there’s a hard shell covering the meat. After washing the hulled nuts, she places them on an old railroad tie and uses a hammer to break into the shell.

Black walnut hulls, nuts, leaves, or bark should NOT be used in compost piles for vegetable gardens. It would be fine, however, in the compost is designated for turfgrass only. Compost containing ...

For many of us here in the Ozarks the harvesting of black walnuts in October has become not only a way to make extra money, but a timeless tradition.

A black walnut tree planted by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. in the late 1840s or 50s stands tall in the yard at the Olmsted-Biele House in Eltingville, Staten Island.