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Janneane Hazlip
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Janneane
Fort Scott
Kansas
USA
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 Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 9:09:01 PM
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| The pecan trees have begun to give up their nuts. Though this is the third fall we have been on our farm, this is the first year there has been a harvest. It seems that our trees must be the ones with the softer shells as they crack quite easily. It is just a long and tedious process to pick out all the meat. Anyone have any words of wisdom to speed up the process? The fresh nuts are so good. I don't care if it takes all winter, I am thankful for them!! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2008 : 9:37:09 PM
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I don't have any words of wisdom..just words of jealousy...lucky you!! Pecans are my favorite nuts I think. How wonderful to have them growing on your place. I wish I could grow them here!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 12:59:06 AM
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No words of wisdom, just drooling, yep, really like pecans.....
How wonderful that you got a harvest this year.....
Farmgirl #39
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 06:39:02 AM
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And they're so expensive. Just think of all the wonderful goodies you can make without the huge expense! I don't think there's an easy way to shell any nuts. It's a lot of work - but well worth the effort.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 06:46:59 AM
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This is the first year for our tree to have any pecans on it. They are wormey!! Have fought 2 different kinds of worms all summer. We are so dissapointed. We have used cedar mulch around the base to prevent web worms but have another kind now that don't know what they are. Going to put tanglefoot around the trunk and hope for a better year next year.
Enjoy your pecans, Janneane. I'll think of you while driving to Chatopa to buy some. |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 10:06:04 AM
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OH I love Pecans! No trees here, but I sometimes buy them at the market.
They are quite expensive so I see it as a treat for me :)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
http://princess-of-pink-creations.blogspot.com/
my new BLOG.
I have added "new" creations, take a look :)
And also some pictures of my village, come for a visit
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 12:10:26 PM
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Enjoy them, Jeanne. I'm drooling with envy, too! ;)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 12:32:14 PM
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Janneane,
Find out if you have a business that will shell them for you. Believe me, it's worth it!! Last year was the first year we lived here and our first experience with pecan trees, so we didn't know that it was a bumper crop year. With only 2 trees we had about 60# on pecans!! We gave away a lot at Christmas time in the shells. Then we had the rest "partically shelled", which means you still need to clean out shell pieces, but most of the pecans are whole and it's easy to do. It didn't cost that much around $20.00, when you consider how much more usable they are (I think I wasted more of the nuts trying to shell them myself.) I still have a lot in the freezer ~ good thing, this year's crop is no good :(
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 2:23:54 PM
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Janneane, I have one pecan tree that is loaded this year!! I keep thinking I need to plant a few more.
My step dad has a pecan sheller thing where you put the nut in and pull back on something with a rubberband on it and it breaks the shell where the nut comes out perfectly halved. It's a great invention. They're coming up tomorrow and I called to see if he'd bring it for me to use. And he is!
I'll have to ask him where he got it. I thimk maybe an Ace Hardware could order one for you.
Do you say pea-can or pecaun? I'm a pea-can girl myself!
Enjoy, Kris |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Janneane Hazlip
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Janneane
Fort Scott
Kansas
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 10:46:22 AM
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A pecan is something you eat and enjoy. A pee-can is what you put in the car in case you can't make it between pit stops |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 10:54:08 AM
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Janneane, that is what I thought too, lol!!
I always say Pecahn (in Dutch that sounds a bit like Paykahn)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
http://princess-of-pink-creations.blogspot.com/
my new BLOG.
I have added "new" creations, take a look :)
And also some pictures of my village, come for a visit
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