Autumn walnuts ripe for the picking

As we move toward the end of October, the weather has been quite beautiful over the last couple of days.

When I checked the walnuts a week ago, they showed no signs of emerging from their green shiny casing.

Cracking up

This week there had been a transformation, the husks had all split and the walnuts were beginning to fall to the ground.

Now was the time to collect what had fallen, and pick the remaining fruit.

The resulting walnut bounty will be dried in a warm place before stored somewhere cool, dark and vermin free.

From the walnut tree flower ……..

Comes the walnut!