Summer Soltice

2001
*straight line winds - lost 1 plum (loaded with fruit) and 1 pecan - power out 2 hours

1999
*3/10" rain
*in bloom: big yellow daylily

2011
school "snow day" #1 - not much snow, probably unnecessary

2009
*picked up 3 lbs pecans (over several days)
*canned 4 pts applesauce from last of Fuji apples picked in October

2009
*picked up 6 lbs pecan

2008
*picked up 14 pounds pecans (236 pounds total)
*still have leaf lettuce in cold frame

2008
*picked up 15 pounds of pecans (222 total); tree 2nd from end in mowed area on front row seems to have released its nuts

2008
*picked up 11 pounds of pecans (cumulative total: 207 pounds!); most prolific tree seems to be 2nd from north end on front row (tree with rope swing); southmost tree in mowed area (3rd from end) on front row has largest nuts

2008
*picked up 11 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 34 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 15 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 17 pounds pecans

2005
*school "snow day"

2008
harvested 5 lbs pecans

2008
*harvested 8 pounds pecans

2008
* harvested 24 pounds pecans

2008
*harvested 3 pounds of pecans

2008
*harvested 11 pounds of pecans (in shell)

2008
*harvested 3 pounds of pecans, in shell
*planted persimmon seeds in pot. Seeds were gathered from field on the southwest corner of Weir & Salem, and had been through the digestive tract of an animal.
*froze 1 mess of mustard

2008
*harvested 11 pounds of pecans (in shell)

2008
*harvested 17 pounds unshelled pecans

2008
*set out semi-dwarf apple trees: William's Pride, Mollies Delight, Stayman Winesap, & Arkansas Black
*cut back raspberries bushes
*harvested 14 pounds unshelled pecans
*harvested mustard for supper & to freeze
*planted 5 hickory nuts in a pot after soaking 5 days; planted only those that sank; discarded those that floated

2008
*harvested trailerload of pine straw from nearby roadside; spread on paths in Kitchen Garden; will spread remaining straw on blueberry patch
*harvested 9 1/2 pounds pecans, unshelled -- more on ground
*continuing raspberry harvest (waning)
*harvested 3 pounds apples for caramel apple jam