I was just out picking my hazels yesterday. Excited to try them for the first time. This is the first year we had enough to share with the squirrels and also get more than what I want to plant. It's been full focus on replanting as many as I could, but this year we'll eat some.

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

From this point onward it will probably enter into the overabundance phase of it! Squirrels willl certainly be planting a bunch around too!

Great idea about stacking Just an advice, for optimization. In any system where moving fluid is involved, as in your case "fans pushing the air" the rotating machinery, should be put in a such way as to pull the fluid (for the bigger part of the fluid path) and not push it. Pulling forces the fluid to self organize, by finding the path of least resistance, and in such a way minimizes swirls and other dynamic forms of energy waste. So in your particular case, making the fans pull the air on the top of the column (and also the warmer air has tendency to rise) would be a more optimal approach. Hope you find this information helpful, not only in this particular case but also in future work with any fluid.

Looks marvelous! If only I could fast-forward the development of all the nut trees we're planting :)

I got curious and found this: Hazelnut is an excellent source of Vitamin E and it has 20 times more Vitamin E than walnut - walnut has 0.7mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and hazelnut has 15.3mg of Vitamin E.

Thanks for the info. I will definitely keep this in mind once my hazelnuts start producing. I only have 2 mature bushes right now but 50+ seedlings planted out so far. Can’t wait to have more!

That's such an incredible process!😀 Thanks for sharing! Awesome job, and EPIC harvest! 🌰👏🏆💖

Funny how I was binge watching your channel earlier and up pops a notification for a new video . I was born in upstate NY so I think I feel a sort of connection to the land and area somehow . I and my 27 year old son absolutely adore " Chicken TV " .

have you guys done a video on drying and saving chestnuts? I thought I saw one from either you or Akiva, now I cant find it!

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think we did... I'll keep it in mind for this fall as we'll be harvesting soon and wood stove season is quite soon!

All those hazelnut trees look wonderful! What a great way to spend the day! Thank you, Sean, for sharing your way of processing the nuts.🤗

thank you for the ideas, tips, and info!!

Thank you for the how to videos, I’m learning a lot.

Wow a paint stirrer!

Awesome!

A Good harvest

Thanks! I like the short videos like this.

So awesome what a process!!

That big guy needs to share some more hazlenuts lol

good info on the hazlenuts,

What a haul .....awesome!!!😊

A different format for your video, I really liked it Sean. Nicely edited, nicely narrated and super informative as always. Just don't do away with your long formats though, i love them too :) Big love from Banbury, UK

lovely video

Awesome

Love it!!!!

Whoa. I thought my seed collection was a lot.... *Sasha enters the chat* jeeeeeeeez. I need to step my game up. Something to aspire to.

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

We just went a little overboard this year, but we try to every year!

My Goodness!!! I know there should probably be a different take away from this video, such as the simple genius of the pot on the paint mixing tool, but I just can't get past the impact of Emily's hair! Whowzer! Stunning.

wow awesome

First time trying it - appreciate the video and advice - not sure about the methods but than again - i only got 2 trees - not mass production scale - keep it in mind - tell your cousin to stop eating the product.

@stevenothanks7379

9 ай бұрын

Or maybe encourage him instead - eat this - workout - that's how i do it lol

I've been pondering building some sort of tumbler with a screen for separating dry beans from their pods. I wonder if that might help with some nuts, too.

in my city there are some big haselnut Trees, the Nuts are totaly different in shape (like a hearth) and taste different than the regulare round hazelnuts you see and buy everywhere. the Taste to me is also much better. The fruitcorpus has more nuts in it too, and the nutshel is harder. could send you a package if you re interested. I love these, and trying out your propagation method this fall.

Is there any particular reason you have the fans blowing down instead of up? Or is it just easier to set it up that way?

@matthewvannucci7066

2 жыл бұрын

Second this! I think if you have it pulling instead of pushing it will create better flow.

@flatsville1

2 жыл бұрын

Also seems that if each of the two non-handled sides had two, one inch screened covered holes, the trays would get better air flow even though stacked several high...if the fan sucked rather than blowed...Yeah, I can't believe I just wrote that...

@Nicker000

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, natural evaporation goes upwards! Might be a bit more work though getting the fans underneath and rigging up something so everything's secure. If you let the fans run for 7-14 days, I'd also rotate each rack (move the bottom to the top) once a day, to even out the drying process. Nothing like nit-picking and fine-tuning systems.

@acsoul1

2 жыл бұрын

I want to clarify that I meant putting the fan at the bottom of the stack and then blowing upwards. Not turning the fan the opposite direction so that it will suck.

@matthewvannucci7066

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nicker000 Actually I think having the fan at the top pointed out is best! I'm not 100% on it, but I'm pretty sure that blowing away from the stack creates a more even flow pattern underneath it that encourages flow through the hazelnuts, because if you blow at the stack the turbulence from the pressurized air will lower the filtration efficiency. Usually when you have an air filter the blower is placed after the filter for this reason. 100% support the rotating the stacks, also I'd suggest spending some quality moments with some duct tape to air seal both around the fan, and you can also create a fan shroud by taping the corners of the fan face to restrict the opening so that the full power of the fan is spent moving the air smoothly forward, and not spinning it around turbulently.

if you're leaving the smallest nuts for the squirrels to eat and re-plant, then, aren't you selecting for small-nut hazelnuts to be growing near you in the future?

Wow, this year I planted two hazelnut bushes in my small garden. I wonder when we or the 🐿🐿🐿 will be able to harvest the first nuts 🌰🌰🌰

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect squirrels will get most :)

@csgowoes6319

2 жыл бұрын

If you can keep the squirrels off them they can start producing within a year or two, assuming they are already two or three years old, though it won't be much to write home about to begin with.

How are you using the hazelnuts later? Do you have a bulk method for de-shelling?

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

We are working on that, but we have the 'davebilt' nut cracker to help quite a bit.

Would you dry them the same way if you were going to be propagating them or would drying them thoroughly decrease their viability?? I just harvested a bunch of beaked hazels but not sure if I should bury them in sand for the cold stratification or if drying them for eating could also work for propagating

@edibleacres

11 ай бұрын

For seed and growing I would simply put them in aged wood chips / shredded leaves soon IN the husk with no fuss and they tend to be super super viable the next spring

@wildwit-music

11 ай бұрын

@@edibleacres I was contemplating just leaving them in the husk, good to hear that's worked for you. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. I just harvested some hazelnuts off a a shrub I found in the woods near my property this weekend. I plan on planting most of them out this fall. Any tips on how to maximize success?

@banksarenotyourfriends

2 жыл бұрын

Apologies for just using bullet points, my first reply got removed for containing a link... 🙃 1) Remove the husks 2) Chuck the nuts in a bucket of water - remove any floaters as they're likely empty/underdeveloped, 3) Mix the rest with horticultural sand - 1 handful of nuts to 1 handful of sand should be ok, 4) Put some holes in a plastic bucket for drainage and fill the bucket with the sand/nut mixture, 5) Top it with a thin layer of sand, 6) COVER IT with wire mesh, to stop the mice getting in, but allowing moisture in, 6) Put the pot outside for the Winter 7) Check the pot from February onwards, and plant out the nuts when you see signs of germination.

@justinp1773

2 жыл бұрын

@@banksarenotyourfriends thanks for the tips, very helpful!

@justinp1773

2 жыл бұрын

@@banksarenotyourfriends just curious, why sand and not soil?

@banksarenotyourfriends

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinp1773no worries. Primarily because of cost, but you really want it to drain well, but stay damp. Too much moisture will make them rot, but not enough will stop them germinating.

@justinp1773

2 жыл бұрын

@@banksarenotyourfriends great info. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks again.

I've waited too long to remove a lot of the hazels from the husks from last summer's harvest. They are stuck on like superglue. Is there anything I can do?

@edibleacres

Ай бұрын

I think if you pick hazels a little too early, they can get stuck that way

@truthseeker3967

Ай бұрын

@@edibleacres I had to- otherwise, the squirrels would have gotten then all.

He planted 300 hazels on how much land?

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it was near 1 acre.

Can you tell me why my 6- 8 hazlenut bushes being at least 8 years old have hundreds of catkins but only 4 maybe 6 nuts all total for the past 4-5 years. Plenty of pollinators. Also can you please share information about the solar panels ?

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

Can't quite say why that would be, maybe they are spread out very far apart?

@cmgr8688

2 жыл бұрын

@@edibleacres how close should they be grown?

@bobinmissouri

Жыл бұрын

@@cmgr8688 I have mine 5 foot apart and rows 6 foot apart have lots of hazelnuts every year

@bobinmissouri

Жыл бұрын

what is your weather like there in the spring do you have late frosts?

Do you know where I can get drying racks like these?

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

We built them, they were simple. We plan to make a video detailing them soon. Keep an eye out

@nicholasmeloy4437

2 жыл бұрын

@@edibleacres that would be great, thanks!

Hi. Wehe do you live? How sorts haselnuts do you have? I live from Russia and i love hazelnut too

@edibleacres

6 ай бұрын

We Live in Central New York State and have around 100 hazelnut plants of a few different varieties planted

Do you sell your garlic? On line or... how? How much do you keep for your personal use?

@edibleacres

2 жыл бұрын

We sell garlic. We did a few months back online and then wrapped that up sometime in later August. We keep a few hundred of the smaller heads for our own use and to share with friends and family.

😊😊chipmunk...

@sherry2836

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, its little cheeks were about to burst!

@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden

2 жыл бұрын

@@sherry2836 🤣🤣 I saw that!! Nice to watch..

Thanks for the upload. Be good.