Local pecans are in short supply this fall, likely due to the wet spring and summer. The pecan farmer in Rowan County we normally get a good quantity of in-shell pecans from said there wasn't even enough pecans at his place this year for the squirrels. Not having a local source for our usual staple nut has definitely added to our recent interest in black walnuts. These we can source even more locally - from trees already growing wild on our own farm. With the kids on board, feed sacks worth of walnuts were picked up from under two of our trees this year. Word got out and a neighbor brought over a few more feed sacks full. The hulls were rubbed off and the nuts washed. Then we hung them in feed sacks to cure. Now a little bit at a time, we're cracking them. Many of them are shelling out with relatively large pieces.
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