Just a couple photos.

Almost pecan harvest.

Even though the weather says it is summer, the flowers say it is fall. I love spider lilies.

Blogger was being bad today. Wasn't sure I would be able to post this. I had to switch update modes. Annoying.
You all be safe. God bless.

Not from Harvey

So we are discussing taking down one of the oldest pecan trees on the farm. And the one next two it.
I posted about this old tree losing branches here and here.

Well the other day, before all the rain from Harvey got here, this old tree lost another branch. This branch is about half of what is left of the old tree. I took these pictures a couple days ago. Just took me a bit to get a post together.

It just barely missed the new trees we planted a few years ago.

It was a long, tall branch.

I had just been reading up on "mushrooms growing on trees" the day before the branch broke. When it hit the ground, I thought branches would have been impaled in the ground. But they just shattered, too.

I had just mowed out there last week in preparation for pecan season, so thank you, Lord, for watching over me.

Yesterday I went out to mow some. You can watch the grass grow here, when it rains. And while I was out doing pecan trees, I saw this.

Those tire tracks in the grass, are where I went out to take pictures of the old Stewart pecan tree. That branch was green when those tracks were made. Needless to say, I did not get near the paper shell pecan tree. Paper shell, is just a term for how easy a pecan is to crack. No idea what type it really is.
Hubby has never liked that tree being right on the fence line. Now that it has started losing branches, and they are not farming back there right now, it might be a good time to take it down, too. Maybe we'll try to salvage some of the wood to make some tables or something. The old Stewart deserves to have some part of it saved.

Once they are down and disposed of, we'll plant another pecan tree that is more on our property. No pigs to fertilize the new one, but I think it will do okay.

You all be safe and God bless.