Indiana Nuts

Black walnut season: It's the last week to take any wild nuts you've picked up to your friendly neighborhood huller. https://black-walnuts.com/discover-harvesting-and-hulling/hulling-and-buying-locations/

Hard to believe nature gives us this cold-weather bundle of glory.

Where do you see local nuts for sale?

Impossible to choose the tastiest hazelnut. All delicious!

Tis the season for Indiana-grown nuts. Are you selling nuts anyplace new or different this year, or have you noticed local nuts for sale anyplace new?

Tom's one-acre pecan grove has been a "garden of Eden" since 1976. The acre was previously swamp, "water up to your calves." Every fall, family sorts & bags nuts for sale.

Earth Eats podcast covers an Indiana u-pick chestnut orchard! Presenting: Anderson Orchard Indiana Grown

Besides 'roasting on an open fire' what comes to mind when you think of chestnuts? Listen this week to learn about what chestnut and other tree crops could mean for agriculture in Indiana. Tune in Sat. 7am, Sun. 1pm on WFIU Public Radio or anytime from your favorite podcast app. Indiana University Sustainable Food Systems Science

Thank you to Common Home Farm for sharing the beginnings of your perennial plantings with us. We especially loved the hazelnuts and chestnuts in the chicken run. 😉

Are you located in Indiana and grow tree nuts, for hobby or commercial, or vend them? Reach out to us at any time. 🤝

Be careful visiting chestnut trees - you never know what kind of guardians there may be!

Thanks to Nathan and his four-legged sidekick 🐕 for showing us a couple decades-old chestnut trees in Paoli, IN.

Indiana Tree Nuts made their first trip out of the state to learn from regional leader Voss Pecans in Carlyle, Illinois.

In between conversation and note scribbling, project researchers Julia Valliant & Olivia Shoemaker may have even got to try some candies pecans as well.

Join us tomorrow at the NNGA's virtual conference! We'll be presenting on Tuesday, August 3rd during "the business of orchards" -- We hope to see you there!

Find more info here: https://nutgrowing.org/annual-conference/