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| Black Walnut Hulls For Natural Dyeing |
If you're driving around at this time of year, you can't help but spot black walnuts dropped along the roadsides. The crushed nuts and hulls & their distinctive brownish black stains are found along roads & driveways in the country & even in town. Most people will let you pick them up if you ask. Be sure to wear gloves, then either strip off the hulls or use the whole walnut, & soak in water for a couple of days.
Just Google "dyeing with walnuts" for all kinds of advice on how to do some dyeing. You can also concentrate the liquid & use it to stain wood & baskets
These walnuts came from the farm where we picked up the hay ..... you can see the trees in the background behind the corncrib with the longhorn steer hanging.
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