r/composting • u/dockellis13 • Sep 06 '26

Humor Can I compost these?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Courtesy of local squirrel. Tree of heaven nuts I believe. 17 gal tub

612 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

315 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/One_Tumbleweed_1 Sep 08 '26

Those are black walnuts I have a bunch of these trees and collect them to process and eat. Had a bunch dryng in one of my sheds and caught a squirrel breaking into it and stole some lol. No do not compost

1

u/suer72cutlass Sep 08 '26

When we were kids, it was our job to collect the walnuts, husk them and set them up on drying racks. My mom would crack them, collect the meat and make delicious pastries with it.