The fall season brings many different things for Missourians, including black walnuts beginning to fall all over the area. Missouri is a national leader in black walnut production, and many Missourians will continue a time-honored tradition of picking them up for delivery to a hulling station.
Every year, thousands of people participate in the harvest with friends and family, picking up wild black walnuts on their land and the land of their neighbors (with permission). They sell the nuts to a nearby hulling station to earn extra money, to clean up their yard, or because it's a fall tradition.
Harvesters are encouraged to pick up black walnuts within the first few weeks of October when the nuts have recently fallen and their hulls are mostly green. Harvesters should bring the nuts to a hulling station within three days of harvesting. Buying will continue into mid-November, but harvesters should check with buying stations for times of operation.
Harvesters can find a hulling station by visiting black-walnuts.com/harvest. Find instructions and more information at black-walnuts.com/discover-harvesting-and-hulling. Stay up to date on all things harvest by visiting "Hammons Black Walnuts" on Facebook.
Categories: Missouri, Crops, Fruits and Vegetables, Harvesting