Since moving to Texas, we have become the owners
of 13 mature pecan trees which reside at the front of our property. According
to our neighbors, this was an extraordinary year for pecans. The pecans had
just started to fall when we moved in early December. We decided that even
though we were busy with unpacking, the kids should go out and pick some before
they went bad.
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Josiah
stretching to reach some of the pecans.
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Credit: Roma.
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Rubia
hard at work.
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Credit: Roma.
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The
tools of the trade: a bike to traverse the long driveway, a bucket to collect
the nuts, and a ladder to reach some of the higher branches.
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Credit: Roma.
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Actually,
I thought I heard Mom tell them NOT to climb the tree. Apparently they interpreted
that as not to climb too high. J
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Credit: Roma.
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They
collected about 2 gallons of pecans in one afternoon. We packaged about half of
them in little bags with nutcrackers to give away as Christmas gifts and then
kept the rest.
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Credit: Betsy.
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Fresh native pecans taste delicious! They
have such a different taste than what you find in the stores. I’m usually not a
fan of raw nuts, but I definitely like these. I’ve read that a mature pecan
tree can produce up to 50 pounds of nuts in a good year! I’m looking forward to
utilizing our pecans more in the coming months!
Fresh pecans make wonderful pies! Keep them in the freezer once you shell them and they will stay fresh.
ReplyDeleteI definitely want to make a pecan pie with some of our fresh pecans, Technoprairie! Thank you for the tip about keeping them in the freezer. That's something I definitely think we'll try because we were thinking of taking them to one of the stores that shells them since we have so many. But we hated to shell them all at once and then worry about them losing their freshness. Now we know of a way to combat that. Thanks!
ReplyDelete~Bianca