I was delighted to discover that we have a pecan tree in our front/side yard! A little over a week ago a few of the pecans began falling out of the husks to the ground. So each afternoon, I've been scouting around, trying to salvage as many as possible before the squirrels find them. These were results of last weeks scavenging.
Monday evening, after returning home from running a few errands, Jeff and I decided to try to pick some off the lower branches. This soon led to Jeff retrieving a ladder so we could get the ones a little higher up. Jeff proved to be a superb pecan picker!
After picking all the ones within reach from the top of the ladder, we decided it still wasn't enough. So Jeff pulled out a handy little device - not sure what it's called, I call it a trash picker upper! It's a long handle, with a grabber piece on the end that you can open and close by squeezing a trigger on the handle.
Random photo of my feet and some of the pecans with the husks opening. The next day I counted over 50 mosquito bites on my feet - grrrr! Pesky little things!
Posing with a pecan - LOL. We filled the pitcher in front of me on the ladder all the way to the top!
With Jeff's help, my little pile from the previous week greatly multiplied!
1 comment:
Wow, I just assumed it was a mature tree. That's great you've gotten so many pecans from such a young tree. When shall Billy and I come over for pecan pie?? :) haha.
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