Walnut Hulls and Henna For Coloring Hair

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Hi Christine

 

> I've heard that walnut hulls can be used to make a GREAT hair coloring

> (and wood stain too), but one has to really careful to not get it on the

> skin as it is REALLY hard to get out of any skin that it touches, so it

> is almost TOO effective as a dye *lol*

 

I had mail from C-M last week and it seems that green walnut hulls are best

so I need access to a tree where I can pick the green ones!

 

On a more positive note, I'm getting my hair cut SHORT next week now that

winter's over so any colour needed will be minimal.

 

Vicki

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Vicki Younger

Friday, September 24, 2004 7:02 PM

RE: Walnut Hulls and Henna For Coloring Hair

 

>I had mail from C-M last week and it seems that green walnut hulls are best

so I need access to a tree where I can pick the green ones!

 

>Vicki

 

Hi Vicki,

Where are you at? I'm in Michigan, and I have tons of black walnuts in the

hulls dropping from the trees(the hulls are green).

I have no idea how they'd ship, but would be more than happy to send them to

you.

Linda P

 

 

 

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How close are you to south-east Michigan ? I have a black walnut tree in my

front yard !

Paula ........in Michigan

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I had mail from C-M last week and it seems that green walnut hulls are best

so I need access to a tree where I can pick the green ones!

 

On a more positive note, I'm getting my hair cut SHORT next week now that

winter's over so any colour needed will be minimal.

 

Vicki

 

 

 

 

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About walnut hulls.

Make SURE, you have some covering on your hands when you touch the

hulls, or you will regret it...

Ask me how I know..

C-M

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Sorry, I can't resist telling you my aunts walnut tree. When I was a kid (a

million years ago) I used to go next door to my grandparents farm. My aunt lived

in the same house. Next to the house was a big walnut tree (could still be

there). Every fall my aunt would gather up all of the walnuts so she could have

the walnut meats to use in her Polish baking and fudge making during the

holidays. If any of you have ever tried to get the hull off of a walnut, well

it's not a fun job.

She got this idea that if she put the walnuts in the soft sand of the driveway

and drove over them the hull would come off. They did, but it took several trips

to get the hulls off. She was crippled with arthritis so this was her solution.

She did this every year. A few people over the years would witness this annual

event. The mailman told my parents that we had an insane lady living next

door!!! The Watkins (for those of you who remember this) man said he would never

stop there again!! Hope I didn't bore you but this thread on walnut hulls makes

me smile. How do most of you get the hulls off???

Kat

 

 

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About walnut hulls.

Make SURE, you have some covering on your hands when you touch the

hulls, or you will regret it...

Ask me how I know..

C-M

 

 

 

 

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Your aunt is not the only one to use a car and the drive way....

It works.

C-M

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How do most of you get the hulls off???

 

 

Exact same way as your aunt did and I been doing it for 60 years. Nothing crazy

about it. LOL

Neysa

 

 

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Christa and Neysa,

 

Thank you for telling me that! I know she is smiling in heaven. The mailman

and Watkins guy are there also (I hope). I'm sure she set them straight.

 

Kat

 

 

 

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How do most of you get the hulls off???

 

 

Exact same way as your aunt did and I been doing it for 60 years. Nothing crazy

about it. LOL

Neysa

 

 

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Christa and Neysa,

 

Thank you for telling me that! I know she is smiling in heaven. The mailman

and Watkins guy are there also (I hope). I'm sure she set them straight.

 

 

I just bet she has! LOL

Hugs

Neysa

 

 

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Hi Linda and Paula

 

> Where are you at? I'm in Michigan, and I have tons of black walnuts in

> the hulls dropping from the trees(the hulls are green).

 

I'm in Australia:-((( A LONG way from Michigan!

 

> I have no idea how they'd ship, but would be more than happy to send

> them to you.

 

Thanks for the kind offer anyway. Apart from the shipping costs being

exhorbitant, our quarantine laws probably wouldn't let them through.

 

And Kat, your aunt's method of crushing walnut hulls is the exact method we

use to crush our olive oil tins!

 

Vicki

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we still shell them the same way !

 

Sorry, I can't resist telling you my aunts walnut tree. When I was a kid (a

million years ago) I used to go next door to my grandparents farm. My aunt lived

in the same house. Next to the house was a big walnut tree (could still be

there). Every fall my aunt would gather up all of the walnuts so she could have

the walnut meats to use in her Polish baking and fudge making during the

holidays. If any of you have ever tried to get the hull off of a walnut, well

it's not a fun job.

She got this idea that if she put the walnuts in the soft sand of the driveway

and drove over them the hull would come off. They did, but it took several trips

to get the hulls off. She was crippled with arthritis so this was her solution.

She did this every year. A few people over the years would witness this annual

event. The mailman told my parents that we had an insane lady living next

door!!! The Watkins (for those of you who remember this) man said he would never

stop there again!! Hope I didn't bore you but this thread on walnut hulls makes

me smile. How do most of you get the hulls off???

Kat

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Don't they have walnut trees in OZ?

Can one ship walnut hull, infused vinegar ?

C-M

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Hi C-M

 

> Don't they have walnut trees in OZ?

 

They would for sure but they're usually sold ripe and I would need to get a

tree near here that has green ones I can pick.

 

I'm not sure about the climate they grow in but if they're growing in

Michigan I guess our climate would be ok. I'm not even sure where in

Australia they grow.

 

The ones I buy for cooking from our local wholefood store come from the US,

so maybe we don't grow many here.

 

They also have ones from China but they look dried out and not plump like

the US ones.

 

Maybe they need a cooler climate than we have here generally?

 

I wasn't really too curious about walnuts until you mentioned them a few

weeks back:-)

 

> Can one ship walnut hull, infused vinegar ?

 

So that would work as well?

 

The shipping costs would be very expensive. I'm toying with becoming grey

but only in a half serious way:-)) I may decide after the new short haircut

next week.

 

Vicki

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> > Can one ship walnut hull, infused vinegar ?

 

> So that would work as well?

 

> > The shipping costs would be very expensive.

 

Shipping to Oz CAN be $$$$ but can also be not too $$$$. I've done it

quite a few times each way and between either parcel post or even Global

Priority on the Flat Rate Envelope, stuff its really not TOO bad (not

totally cheap , but also not bank breaking either)

 

*Smile*

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, " Vicki Younger " <vicki@r...>

wrote:

>Apart from the shipping costs being

> exhorbitant, our quarantine laws probably wouldn't let them through.

 

Hey Vicki,

I was just going through my herbs and came across 2 ounces of black

walnut hull powder. I had thought I was ordering walnut shell powder.

How about you check to see if I can send you that? I'd say it's about

1/3-1/2 cup. Should be enough to play around with.

Let me know,

Linda

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Hi Linda

 

Thanks for thinking of me, and I'll contact you offlist:-)

 

> I was just going through my herbs and came across 2 ounces of black

> walnut hull powder. I had thought I was ordering walnut shell powder.

> How about you check to see if I can send you that? I'd say it's about

> 1/3-1/2 cup. Should be enough to play around with.

 

Vicki

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Hi Christine and other walnut hull helpers

 

> Shipping to Oz CAN be $$$$ but can also be not too $$$$.

 

I was more thinking of the vinegar which I assumed would be expensive by

weight - but I think you have cheaper shipping rates than we have here, and

many more options to choose from:-)

 

I was also of the understanding that I needed to use green walnut hulls

which I thought would be difficult to get here.

 

But if they don't need to be green, then I'm going to ask at my local

wholefood store this week when I'm in town. If anyone here can get them,

they can!

 

It's odd that I've never noticed Australian walnuts being sold anywhere, not

even at any farmer's markets.

 

I know the ones available at our wholefood store come from California, but

someone on list said they grow in Michigan too, which is cold by our

standards, so maybe our soils aren't as well suited or something.

 

Thanks to everyone and now I'd better stop annoying people with my grey hair

problems LOL.

 

Vicki