Walnuts

[Robert Poste's Child]

Has anyone ever dried walnuts? How do you do it, and how do you know the right moment to pick them?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Thanks! The squirrels always get to the ones in the park before the nuts are ripe enough to fall but I've found a tree in a road where residents are apparently too well heeled to pick their own. Very excited.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Just remembered - do you have to beat them with sticks to get the nuts to fall?

'A woman, a spaniel and a walnut tree,

The more you beat them, the better they be' etc?

Can't believe I just posted that without a hint of irony.

[numbers]

Wet walnuts. Mmm. my favourites.

Pickle them instead.

Just wait till you can pull them from the tree without resistance then you know they're ready.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Thanks. May need a ladder.