I just don't have very much going on lately. I spent the weekend pruning like crazy and hopefully it will pay off in the next 2 months. Everything already thinks that it is Spring and the blooms are beginning early. Too early. Hopefully this will shock the systems of the larger trees into waiting just a little longer.
Anyway the harvest this week? Pecans, Zucchini and 2 tomatoes.
I'm pounding away at the pecans. Another 8 pounds have been put away. Vacuum sealed and stored away for another year. This years crop was a disappointment. I am not sure that it isn't our fault for waiting so long to gather them and then leaving them up in Alabama rather than bringing them home to Florida with us. But, it's all part of the learning process. It could just have been an off year. We definitely didn't get enough rain and that would have to do with only half of the pecans being filled out well. But the a lot of them are also damaged in other ways. Shame, too because this years color is one of the best. Ah, win some lose some. In the past I always put the pecans into like sized bags, but this year I am varying the size bags I am making. Some bags will be larger for baking sets of pies and things and some smaller for fresh eating and the likes. Hopefully this will serve us better and keep me from needing to open a second bag for just a handful of nuts and then forgetting that I have an open bag. Not that they go to waste around our house. We are a nutty bunch. The kids and the hubby make sure that any unused portions get eaten in case I forget for too long. Funny though, we may eat an cashew here or there but 90% of our nut intake is pecans and peanuts that we grow here or that we get from the property up there. My goal this year is to try once again my hand at growing enough peanuts for our peanut butter consumption. We eat a lot of peanut butter. I'm also going to make a pecan butter as soon as I'm done picking these darn things. It's worth a try. I'm not sure I'll love it but the kids might.
See you soon!
Barbie~
Oh to have some pecans to harvest! Heavenly. :D
ReplyDeleteJealous! I'd love to have pecans growing but no space. We did plant walnut but it will take about 7 years before we see any nuts.
ReplyDeleteHow impressive! Pecans are such iconic trees.
ReplyDeleteWe don't grow nearly as many pecans here in Australia as walnuts - unfortunately I don't have the space for either. I love pecans though - I reckon the butter could taste pretty good.
ReplyDeleteGrowing pecans would be great. I think the only nuts that work well here are chestnuts and walnuts. And the last thing I want in my hard is a black walnut. I wish I could grow pecans that would be great. Or pistachios.
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