Yes, Dear Lizzi. They grow on trees.
Last weekend I participated in one of my favorite blog hops — Ten Things of Thankful.
I mentioned the pecans were dropping this year. Hurrah! Some years we have tons. Some years — like 2013 — we have zilch.
This prompted Lizzi — a bonny English lass — to comment:
Yes Lizzi, pecans grow on trees. To be such a small nut, they sprout at the end of branches way, way up in the air.
On tall trees. Between 100 — 140 feet tall.
It’s like having a 10-story building in your backyard.
Albeit a very tall, pencil thin 10-story building.
These big old lumbering beasts can produce fruit for 100 years or more.
The trees in Madison were probably here when General Sherman and Union troops marched through on their way to the sea.
But any more on that would involve a history lesson on the Civil War, Lizzi — and is another post entirely.
I’m going out in the backyard.
And under all pecans in my hood.
And pick up pecans because I’m baking pies — lots of pecan pies.
Folks are ordering them and I’m going to donate all the $$$$ to my Ronald McDonald House TeamRMHC fund.
But is another post entirely too.
So there Lizzi.
That’s what life looks in the middle of a pecan orchard. In the middle of Georgia.
Thoughts?
If anyone lives a short drive from my house and wants a homemade pecan pie delivered Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving, just let me know in the comments!
