Pecan Trees

As I sit here and watch it P-O-U-R down rain, I thought to educate everyone on a couple of interesting facts about pecan trees. Since we have 4 very large, 100 year old trees in our yard, I figured the impending wind storm would warrant this little learning session.

First, you can only harvest pecans every other year. Lsst year, we had an awesome harvest, but all we get this year are green, fetal nuts that even the squirrels won't eat. These babynuts come off the tree gradually through the autumn and winter, UNLESS, you get winds of around 40 mph. When the wind "helps" these little nuts off the tree, they come flying like a round from a 12-gauge, especially when they hit the copper roof on the garage.

Second, pecan trees are what some folks call "self-pruners". That means that they grow tall and lanky and when the wind blows, the weaker limbs snap and fall on their own. Again, this is a gradual process unless they get help from Mamma Nature. Most of last night was spent staring up a the ceiling wondering if and where one of these wooden spears would pierce the roof. Paranoid, you say? Not when it's happened before. We haven't had the ceiling fixed for more than a year so it's about time for another branch to come through.

Actually, I shouldn't joke considering the hell that Floridians went through on Saturday. My best to everyone.

As for any good news from the 4 inches of rain we got, it looks like we might have won the War of Water at the house. The basement was dry for the first time ever!! YIPPIE!