From The Orchard

Well, we finished peach season late  this year but still had enough time to have a vacation at the beach with our children. There’s just no better place for children young and old . Our sweet Adeline (age1)learned to walk on the beach, a great place to fall 48 times before mastering the  act of walking. She had watched our funny Jimbo(age2) walk long enough before deciding she  had to catch up. Grandchildren are so wonderful!

  Al & I married  on the opening day of Dove Season.I didn’t even know such a thing as dove season exisited. I have such fond memories of being  around the farm  as they were getting ready for the pecan harvest. Fall has always been my favorite time of year as the air begins to feel crisp  and leaves begin to change color. Pecan Season doesn’t carry near the stress that we feel in Peach season simply because of the number of workers we need for the harvest and the perishablity of the peach versus the pecan. The weather is also absolutely perfect in Georgia in the Fall which makes it fun to be outside. The farm was featured in Farm & Ranch magazine this month. It is an unique article composed as a dairy of  the day to day work on the farm  by the Al,the farmer.

We are busy preparing for another Christmas season at our mailorder shop.  We must try to  predict the number of pecans ,cakes & pies  we will need to bake,bag,label and ship. All of this entails ordering gift tins,boxes,wrapping, ribbons, baskets,etc . Once we make these decisions we can begin cooking and stocking our shelves and freezers. This is when we begin to act like Santa’s Elves. I have been doing this for 12 years and every year it gets better and better. It is just plain fun to give gifts and that’s what we do the best.  As we begin to harvest our new crop I will update you on the happenings in the  pecan orchard.  you can tell ,

  In case you couldn’t tell,I’m proud to be the farmer’s wife.

 

36 Years Together