Hazel Harvest - From Picking to Curing

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[CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

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.

[EfficientEnergyTransformations]

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.

[peterellis]

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

[MrChickadee]

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!

[awakenacres]

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!

[coarsegoldguy]

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.

[morningwoodfarms]

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

[Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

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.🤗

[yoopermann]

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

[travisdavis]

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

[kenyonbissett]

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

[yLeprechaun]

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.

[willmcmanus]

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

[acsoul]

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?

[nates]

Thanks! I like the short videos like this.

[michaelgusovsky]

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?

[dogslobbergardens]

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.

[alexkerpe]

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.

[wildwit-music]

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

[hugelpook]

He planted 300 hazels on how much land?