Comments on: Dennis & Christine Reeve, Walnut Farmers https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:10:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Patrick Matthiesen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1481203 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:10:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1481203 Dear Denis
do you sell wet walnuts? I am finding them hard to source in London since Covid
Regards
Patrick m

]]> By: Anna https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1359296 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 05:42:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1359296 We saw walnuts being harvested in France. There was a machine with a double horizontal bar that ended in opposing curves which fitted closely around the trunk. The machine then vibrated to shake the tree and bring down the nuts. It seemed a brutal way to treat the trees. We also saw the nuts drying on shallow trays.
Wonderful to read of the care of these venerable trees in Suffolk and beautiful photos.
My lovely Dad used to crack walnuts with his teeth!

]]> By: Lesley keeper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1358339 Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:01:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1358339 I am sad to see the Art Deco that was frankells in Bethnal Green road. I used to go there hen I was little & lived down valance rd & it was the REX picture house then.after that I worked there when it was a bingo hall .such a shame to get rid of that bit of history

]]> By: Crystal https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357711 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:46:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357711 Such a generous tree! In form, in leaf, in bounty. Wouldn’t it be good if there was some sort of record of London walnuts, rather like we have with mulberries. They add so much to a place.

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357450 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 04:44:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357450 Thank You for these Lovely Walnut Trees!!???????

]]> By: Elizabeth Olson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357429 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:39:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357429 I grew up in the countryside in Alsace and there was a huge walnut tree on the long driveway to our house. We used to delight in making little boats and doll prams from the walnut shells. I was quite clever in school back then and when I think back, that must have been from eating copious amounts of the fallen walnuts – they do look brainy. There’s a nut farm here in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley and they let visitors pick up the walnuts from the ground in the fall before the snow falls and pay for them by the bucket.
You’ve inspired me to track down walnuts in the shell this Xmas here on our rocky island – maybe I’ll become clever again, at least for the day!
Thank you so much for this post!

]]> By: Bahia Philpot https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357422 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 21:16:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357422 Just like almonds, walnuts are best eaten fresh during the month of September. I was lucky to be in S.W. France in September & I bought & brought some back. They don’t, however, stay fresh for long! Over in France, walnuts are available in supermarkets and in organic shops.
– Walnut liqueur is extremely nice too.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357419 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 20:50:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357419 A fascinating insight! I’ve only ever personally known just one walnut tree, and that was in the garden of someone I once knew in Windsor. This story of the Reeves and their walnuts trees is a delight.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357371 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 11:30:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357371 I’m actually going to get some Walnuts next Week… — Thanks for this wonderful Story!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/11/15/dennis-christine-reeve-walnut-farmers-o/#comment-1357370 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 11:28:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184228#comment-1357370 I used to help my grandfather to gather up the fallen walnuts from underneath his tree and I remember how black my fingers were afterwards. I once read that Italian women use a lotion made from walnut skins to tan their skin and I can believe it, it is impossible to wash off, in my case, it just had to wear off ! The walnut tree in my parent’s garden was a target for squirrels and we lost most of our walnuts to them much to my father’s annoyance. More happy memories, thank you GA.

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