Tiff 36 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 the Amish near us buy black walnuts in the hull, they pay $13 per 100 pounds. Which I thought sounded like a lot of money, but that was before I knew what it entailed. I spent 4 1/2 hours crawling around on my hands and knees picking up walnuts, and still only had about half of them picked up. I then had to bag them up (with some half-assed help from Kye), load them, and drive them 10 miles to the Amish community near us. THEN helped dump each bag into the de-huller and wait for the final weight. I wanted to take some pics but they already think I'm a wierdo. So I took in 10 onion sacks full ... and received $14.12 ... whoop dee doo. BUT the plus was getting those damn walnuts out of the yard, they are a pain in the hiney! Now I need to pick up the rest. Yuk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
david2363 42 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Ha, those Amish are sharper than they look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,104 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Some of those innocent old amish are involved in big style dope plantations,walnuts could just be a smokescreen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 isn't that the truth! for size reference, here is Kye sitting on the bag with his little mascot JUGS lending moral support Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I wanted to take some pics but they already think I'm a wierdo. Good effort! But worrying about whether the Amish think you're a weirdo ............. They're not exactly the most normal of people! Just out of interest, do you get your leather dog gear made by them? I'd be interested to see some if you do, I've got a bit of a fetish for that sort of thing! Nice truck by the way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Did you see harrison ford there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest blackntan Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I wanted to take some pics but they already think I'm a wierdo. Good effort! But worrying about whether the Amish think you're a weirdo ............. They're not exactly the most normal of people! Just out of interest, do you get your leather dog gear made by them? I'd be interested to see some if you do, I've got a bit of a fetish for that sort of thing! Nice truck by the way! YOU WORRY ME SS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY lol sorry I just thought this fits in quite nicely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 WIFE , I WATCHED A PROGRAM YRS AGO ABOUT SOME SOFT ARSE SOUTHERNERS FROM LONDON THAT HAD MOVED TO FRANCE .......... THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY KNACKERED PICKING UP ALMONDS ........... TILL THEY FOUND OUT FROM NEIGHBOURS ..... THE BEST WAY WAS TO BUY SOME CHEAP NYLON MESH AND ABOUT DROPPING TIME SPREAD THE MESH UNDER THE TREE ............ AFTER THEY HAVE DROPPED PICK UP THE CORNERS OF THE MESH AND PULL THE NUTS INTO A HEAP ... EASY PEASEY !! SO ....... MY GUESS .......... THE AMISH ARE MAKING DYE FROM THE HULLS ? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Funny that you mention the leather gear SS, while I was waiting for my big pay-off I noticed that the farm on the other side of the walnut farm has a bakery and also a leather shop. I have been trying to get him to come with me to "AmishVille" (I don't know what else to call it?) for the last 2 years, but he thinks my infatuation with the Amish and Menonites is creepy. But I can't help it! I didn't grow up around them and I'm a TOTAL Little House on the Prairie fan, which reminds me of the Amish. Anyway all of my raving about the little stores, cheap produce, animal auctions etc didn't move him a bit. Kye can't visit the bakery as he's a Caeliac, but he lit up when I told him about the leather shop (he lit up then I told him about the lady with the moustache, but that's another story ) They were shut the last time I went by but I need to get in there, Kye has a dog we need a decent cut type of collar for, and my running bitches need new collars (a coon ripped one off Slag last month so she's squeezed into a terrier collar right now), and we thought it would be ideal to see what they could knock up for the dogs. We also are in need of some new permission and thought speaking to the Amish would be a good idea, they might be happy to have us do some pest controlling. I LOVE that truck, we ALWAYS have a ton of room, super comfortable, the air conditioning runs like a freezer, the heater and heated seats are awesome for us cold-blooded bitches :kiss: ... the only drawback is the 9 miles per gallon we get. Subaru gets about 30. BIG difference! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I WATCHED A PROGRAM YRS AGO ABOUT SOME SOFT ARSE SOUTHERNERS FROM LONDON THAT HAD MOVED TO FRANCE .......... THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY KNACKERED PICKING UP ALMONDS ...........TILL THEY FOUND OUT FROM NEIGHBOURS ..... THE BEST WAY WAS TO BUY SOME CHEAP NYLON MESH AND ABOUT DROPPING TIME SPREAD THE MESH UNDER THE TREE ............ AFTER THEY HAVE DROPPED PICK UP THE CORNERS OF THE MESH AND PULL THE NUTS INTO A HEAP ... EASY PEASEY !! SO ....... MY GUESS .......... THE AMISH ARE MAKING DYE FROM THE HULLS ? DUCKWING That's what Kye said we needed to do something like that for next year, except the walnut tree we have is HUGE and would take a hell of a lot of heavy duty netting. He hates the tree as he thinks that the roots is what caused us to have several inches of water in out basement several times this spring and summer, and I can't say I'd complain much ... I don't know if they use the hulls, I would assume that they do something with them? It was really cool, the huller thingy grated all of the hulls off and the walnuts in there shells rode a little conveyer belt up and then down into sacks. The hulls rode a different conveyer belt to dump into a wagon where two drafts were hitched. When the wagon filled up, they hauled it over to another BIG wagon and the hulls were shoveled into that big one. I used tp think that they don't use any power or modern stuff, but I've noticed that it isn't always the case. Each community has a telephone somewhere somewhat convenient for emergencies and speaking to family far away, and some things like the walnut huller are around. But plows, mowers are old fashioned and powered by horses, and their refrigeration are just block houses wrapped in that blown-on insulation. Not sure about the milk pump houses, they sell a lot of milk to "regular" farms in the area, so I'm not sure if they refrigerate with power or just kept in cold houses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 YEP , THEY SEEM A FUNNY BREED ............ INFACT THERES A FEW IN ENGLAND I BELIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS AS USUAL ........ LOOK AT THEIR TEACHINGS IN DIFFERENT WAYS SO THE MORE ZEALOUS USE NO GAS OR PETROL POWERED MACHINARY ..... I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF AMERICAN TRAPPERS DYE THEIR TRAPS A GOOD BLACK .... BY BOILING THE HULLS OF THE BLACK WALNUTS .......... PROBABLY THE AMISH NO DOUBT HAVE FOUND A A SIMILAR USE FOR THEM ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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