Walnut Harvest

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We are still in the midst of Walnut Season! The eight English walnut trees have produced abundantly. The photos also show what a beautiful fall we have had...still no hard freezes, so the leaves on the trees got to turn every colorful shade and we have enjoyed the streaming golden light everyday. Some of our grandkids have come to help pick up and play in the walnuts and on Halloween they had a brown sugar coated treat to keep the monsters away! At this time of year there are fewer crates drying inside by the woodstove, usually between two and four crates. At the height of the collecting season, there were 3 racks across by 4 racks high by 6 racks deep in our living room...that is a lot of walnuts drying with two fans blowing and the woodstove keeping a steady dry heat. Literally hundreds and hundreds of pounds have been picked, dried, cured, bagged, and shelled! Now we are selling them by the poundage either in the shell or out of the shell. Once they are shelled, it is best to freeze them right away for the optimum freshness. We like to use vacuum packers in pint and quart size bags, but also use freezer bags. We are enjoying the nuts in the kitchen eating them raw, in granola bars, walnut pralines, in soup, plum cake, cranberry-orange-walnut birthday cake, pumpkin or butternut squash casserole, in Thanksgiving stuffing, brown sugar and cinnamon coated, and more! We also love the leafless walnut branches silhouetted against a crisp, cool, clear evening sky~ How do you like your walnuts?

Autumn Dining on the Deck

It is such a beautiful fall in Southern Oregon. Our remodeling is officially finished for now, but we couldn't resist the fresh evening air to enjoy some corn on the cob, roasted chicken and vegies from the farm. Happy October!

Fall Decorations

It's Nuts Around Here!!

Autumn

The change of seasons has drifted in slowly and softly to the farm. While there has been so much ripening and canning and preserving going on, outside the landscape seems to be taking a deep sigh of relief.


The sky slowly filled with clouds late in the day, but the temperatures remained mild into the evening. We have yet to have a frost that will put an end to most of the gardening.


Meanwhile, the geese are gathering together in the evening sky knowing it is hunting season, migrating season, and feeding before the cold settles into the valley. I wonder what the Autumn is bringing to your home...

Autumn Has Arrived!

The first day of autumn has arrived and the echo of the Canada Geese is in the air! The honkers are flying in formation, but they still can't resist the freshly cut corn fields all around us! Happy Fall~