We're nutty about pecans

The dog was making shadow puppets on the road. 

Friday morning the air was cool in the mid 50's with nice mostly clear skies.  The dog and I walked up to the Turnip green field to have a look at their progress.  When we arrived we found the greens are now enormous. They are so green they hurt your eyes to look at.  More are being harvested as this is the time of the year everyone likes to have greens for supper.

One more sunny day for these greens.

People here say that greens are not good to eat until they have had a frost fall on them so I guess they should be ready now.   I love fried greens with hot buttered cornbread and butter beans.
We crossed the street to walk on the dirt road beside a former watermelon field. There are some pecan trees along the road and only one of them has produced any pecans.

A good looking example of  a pecan.

 I had to crack open a good many pecans before I could find a good one.  I think these trees have suffered from the fungus that made most of the pecan trees in this area loose their leaves and nuts earlier this year.

The dog always pays attention to me when I have pecans.

Once the dog heard me cracking  and eating the pecans he came running.  He really likes eating them and he will sometimes crack them himself although he much prefers that I do it because then he doesn't have to eat any of the shells which are bitter.  I really like freshly shelled pecans in blueberry muffins. They are really good to warm you up on a cold morning or evening.    I wonder if I have any of that Martha White muffin mix at home.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

Rising with the Sun

The days grow shorter as the Sun moves south. 

The dog and I walked to the east end of the paved road where we found the culvert has almost completely dried up.  The clear skies of the last few days have sent all of the eels, crawfish, and minnows into hiding.  It was fairly early so the sun was just rising.  I turned south onto a little private  dirt road that passes through the soybean fields.  The dog stayed behind on the paved road because he had a bad experience on this road and he has a good memory.  One of the property owners brought some of his goats to an electrically fenced wooded area next to his home.  The idea is that the goats will eventually eat all of the brush making it easier to clear out.  As I said on a previous walk the dog contrary to all of my warnings decided he wanted to check out the goats by sticking his nose through the fence.  Apparently the fence is designed to protect the goats from what is outside rather than the other way around.  The dog brought his nose in contact with the fence and received a memorable shock.  He ran all the way home and hid under the truck.  Now he will not so much as look around the corner much less come down the road with me.  While he waited at the corner, I walked down to where the soy beans fields are split by the road so I could get a look at the sunrise.  It was very nice this morning so I took a photo which I have posted. The soy beans are approaching maturity and it wont be long before they will be harvested.  There are several pecan trees that can be seen scattered through the photo.  The community of Grand Bay once had thousands of pecan trees but hurricanes and time have reduced their numbers.  Fortunately the Chinese like our pecans and have begun to increase the demand for them.  Many land owners are replanting their orchards so in a decade or two barring any serious hurricanes we will see the cool shady orchards spreading across the land again.  Thanks for reading my blog.  I hope you have a good day.  Bye