Pet Chickens, Pups, & Pecans

[dalthauser]

Sunday I was driving home from picking up the chicken hutch frame
(It's upside down here - fit in the bed exactly!)


 and there were two dogs trotting down FM 725 weaving in and out of traffic.  I slowed down to get past them and felt a pang of worry for them.  I continued on towards my house.  Half way down Zipp I said to myself "If they are still there when I go back - I'll bring them home and find their owner".  I would have wanted someone to do that for me and my dogs (and if someone would have - - - who knows, it might have prevented the disaster that took place).  Well,  they were still there, so I stopped and opened up the cab door to the truck.  In they jumped and I took them home.  

One was a Weimeraner Mix female the other a male Spaniel Mix.  Cute dogs.  I gave them water and fed them - then played with them for awhile.  They were find hanging out in the back yard.




Monday I had jury duty - so I had to leave the house really early.  I didn't get selected, so I went to the library on my way home and made a poster with the digital pictures I took.  I took it to Kinkos to make copies, and the guy there did them for free (nice of him).  My first stop with the posters was the local shelter.  I went in and explained I had these dogs, and I'd take care of them Okay - I just needed them to post the poster and keep their ears open for anyone calling for them.  They said - no need, the owners already were calling about them.  Yay!  The owner came by that afternoon and picked them up.  Cool - I felt really good about the experience.

Tuesday was Pecan day.  My two pecan trees have already dropped half their pecans - and they needed to be picked up before the Squirrels got everything.  I harvested over 20 pounds total between the two trees leaving a bunch for the Squirrels as well.  Good fun.  Shelling them won't be as fun....

No nut cracker at first, so I used the handles of my can opener (I since went out and got an actual nut cracking tool which made things a lot easier).

Comments

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear that the doggy situation turned out well.
Those pecans look huge. The ones I picked up in my yard are tiny- the tree was big enough, maybe it needs to be fed.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I'm glad too. I was thinking I'd end up with dogs - and I'm really not ready emotionally. I think the pecans did so well because of all the rain - I really don't fertilize to speak of. This is the first year I had a really good crop because I don't irrigate. This has been so neat - I may water in the future! :)

[papoose.livejournal.com]

hooray for saving puppies!

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

I remember sitting with my Dad, especially this time of year, shelling pecans. It was a thrill to get each half out in a whole piece.

Doggies go home - excellent!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I have Thurs/Fri/Sat off - and I'll be shelling pecans. My fingers always get stained brown and I always break them into pieces - but it's still fun.

[mztasia.livejournal.com]

Glad you stopped and rescued the pooches :) And glad their human companion stepped up to locate them. Out here so many just get dumped :/

I know what you mean about pecans. I have 13 pecan trees on my property (6 native pecans and 7 papershell pecans). What some folks dont realize is pecan trees only make "mature" (full sized) pecans on average of every other year. So with 13 trees I end up with a plethora of pecans every year. Enough for us (and extended family) as well as local wildlife. We usually end up with that many trees on average at least 4 or 5 are making mature pecans.

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Great save for the dogs!

I have to tell you that we have three walnut trees and i dislike them. They are messy and not worth the trouble. I fill wheel barrows full of them and dump them over the hill. Shame on me!

I took a picture of them; i'll have to make a post of it.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. They say you can't plant tomatoes or anything from the nightshade family where Walnuts have been. I wish I lived near you - I'd keep your yard free of walnuts. You can crush them and use them as mulch - that would be useful :-)

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Here is about 10 sq. ft. of walnut fall out. I'd already cleaned this area twice. The area under the trees covers about 60 x 60 ft. The nuts have this husk around them that dyes your fingers, or the house or anything they drop on, a lovely brown!

We have an unatrural amount of squirrlals in the area!

Come get them.

I'll try again

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

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They're hell on the mower too.

Re: I'll try again

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Wow - I'd be all over that. It's free protein and healthy fats.... hahaha. I know about the staining. I just finished shelling all my pecans and my fingers were stained brown. Ended up having to use a bleach solution to get it out.

[xo-glamourgirl.livejournal.com]

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Thank you!!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Not in college
45 years old
zero credit card debt (yay)

You're welcome!!

[soyosauce.livejournal.com]

That's great that you rescued those dogs and returned them to their owners. I hate seeing lost dogs and always try to help them too.

Fresh pecans - yum! We used to pick pecans in Tucson every fall. There was an old pecan orchard turned into a city park, and most of the trees still produced a lot of pecans. Also, one of my coworkers had a pecan farm and he would have a pecan party in the fall; he would use one of those tree shaker machines on a tractor to shake the pecans off of a couple trees for his guests to gather up.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

There are a bunch of pecans up high in my trees I can't get to. Never thought of shaking the branches - might give that a try. I have about 10 pounds of shelled pecans right now though - so that is good enough for me. The rest I'll probably let the squirrels get. Though if they don't fall in a month or two I'll shake them to the ground to make it easier... haha.