Put the husked nuts in a bucket and spray them forcefully with a garden hose to remove the husk residue. Then allow them to dry in the sun at a location which is not accessible to preditors.
Two pounds of unshelled natural black walnuts will yield about a cupful of nut meats. The shells are hard to crack when you want to extract whole nut halves. If done incorrectly, you often produce a lot of pieces. There are commercial
