The title is taken from an email by a neighbor in New Roads. Our neighbor added, "No damage to power lines." Thanksgiving for that favor.
Grandpère will have his work cut out for him on his next visit. Work, work, work is how he spends his time in New Roads during the summer. When the grass stops growing in September, he can relax, except for cutting up broken pecan tree limbs. The trees drop limbs all too often.
we call it nature's pruning - not tidy but does rid us of bad branches
ReplyDeleteGrandpere sounds like a hard worker altogether, really. That highly productive veg patch he runs at home must be quite a lot of effort.
ReplyDeleteAnn, if only nature would finish job and cut up the limbs. We cut down all the pecan trees that threatened the houses on the place.
ReplyDeleteCathy, Tom is a workaholic. His energy is amazing to observe.
Those trees may drop limbs, but all that tree respiration sure lowers the LP&L bill (AL Power in these parts).I do hold my breath, however, everytime we have an above average thunderstorm.
ReplyDeleteBooCat, the older and quite large pecan trees that hovered over the houses are the only ones that we have cut down. They were a real threat. We get halves on the pecan crop when the folks with the machines come in to "pick" the pecans. My son planted a pecan orchard in one of the fields that was once farmed. We won't see pecans from the trees, but our children will. And a nearby farmer harvests hay from the field. The farm brings in a little money, but the maintenance costs are quite high, too.
ReplyDeleteI love pecans, love them. Maple syrup and pecan desserts I could eat till the cows come home. I have a sweet tooth though.
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