Each year the Goschenhoppen Folk Festival, held in August, carries a different theme. These topics range from ‘wood’ or ‘iron’ to ‘lard’ or ‘the garden.’ A few years back the theme was ‘black walnuts ...

The venerable black walnut trees have so far escaped the blights, insects and droughts that have all but destroyed some other local species. Black walnut shells are a common presence in Native ...

Workers inspect walnuts inside the California Valley Nut Co. processing facility in Yuba City. Randy Pench [email protected] To longtime farmer Dan Silva, the surge in walnut-tree planting has had the ...

“Walnuts have a green husk around the shells. When the husks turn a yellow-green and begin to split, they are ready to harvest (usually by mid-September),” says Matt Mariani of the Mariani Nut Co.