On Aug 30, 12:34*pm, wrote:
> Salutations, gentlefolk,
>
> Did a bit of research and found that the little green tennisballs
> falling in my front yard actually contain black walnuts.
>
> Any advice on how to seperate the edible part from the *"containers'',
> and prepare them ?
>
> Second, another walnut tree a few houses down has a gypsy moth nest
> among its branches. *Any advice on how this investation oughta be
> dealt with, and how to persuade the owner to deal with it ?
>
> Yours, John Desmond

Enigma has the scoop on dehusking black walnuts; and drying them out.
I'm not sure about driving a car over them. Maybe a tank, something
with metal treads. My method was purely primitive. I had a large
stone with a round depression in which the walnuts fit. Then to work
with a good hammer, a light touch and a good pick. You quickly learn
where to whack the nut, but you'll never get clean half pieces like
with English walnuts. It's bits and pieces all the way and you wonder
a dozen times "is this really worth it?"