Thank God your house didn't suffer damage, and you're still healthy! That pool looks inviting. I have an old growth huge Sweet Gum tree looming over my house... so maybe those tall Pecans can no longer threaten. I feel ya. However, the Sweet Gum tree is absolutely beautiful, and deserves to live, just like the novelty of having such old Pecan trees! Maybe there's a Pecan seedling to nurture. Yes, it's time I suppose to have some solar panels... and batteries... and inverters... can get EXPENSIVE. Hope you get electricity soon.
When we bought the house, there were 80 feet tall pecans right next to the house. Like, 6ft from it. That was too close for comfort and we had to have them removed. It hurt. On the other hand, I don't want to gamble with my family's life or mine, for that matter. And, it's almost impossible to get insurance to cover damages anymore. Every year the policy gets higher while benefits are lowered. We had squirrels 'plant' many little ones and some are now 10 years old and maturing nicely. Solar is cost prohibitive, but we do run a generator couple hours a day to keep the freezers cold. :)
If you can get your hands on some mushroom plugs, you can speed up the rotting of the downed pecan and oak (I believe oyster and shiitake will work for both). Alternately, there must be someone with a mobile sawmill who would love some free pecan wood.
I still have some oyster plugs around I should put in. Plugs are so much work though. The set-up and maintaining. Volvariella bombycina seems to establish itself voluntarily on our pecans for some reason. And of course Auricularia. I know 2 guys with saw mills, none mobile, and they are ruthless tearing everything up with their gigantic loaders and trailers. Once we have things cleared where folks can drive around safely, I may give out free smoke wood, etc.
@@homesteadinginnorthflorida I don't maintain mine apart from watering, but I don't aim for big yields either. Free smoke wood is a great idea, I know if someone gave me a bunch of pecan I'd show up with brisket at their door. Good luck. That is a lot of wood to move!
We lost a huge 100 year plus live oak (fell the following day), my greenhouse as well. Lots and lots of limbs… will be cleaning up for a month. But we didn’t get it as bad as you. Our place looked just like yours when Irma came thru and we were six months cleaning up from that… demoralizing is the only way to say it.
Oh that's super scary to have things fall AFTER the storm is over. Some of our remaining pecans have large limbs caught up in the crown. Can't do anything underneath them until they come down somehow. Irma was nicer on us. 7 days out of power was the worst. This one is a grand mess and we're in some kind of clean-up paralysis. One doesn't even know where to start. And what to do with all this stuff. I hope things will look better once we get power back. First thing I do then is plant some green beans and water them in well with a functioning well. :)
So sorry about your loss. I sure hate you lost those pecan trees.. reminds me of our property when Michael came through the panhandle. Do a little at a time and take care of yourself.
Thank you. I does hurt to see such old and majestic trees dead. I'm hoping, once most of the cleanup in the county is done that someone may want the good straight trunk parts for boards. That way they could live on. Definitely a little at the time, especially while it's still so hot.
So sorry about your trees and things. I am sure you worked hard on your garden, plants n things.. We were hit as well but not as bad as you. We are counting our blessings. We were without power, water and cell service for a few days. Lost almost everything in the freezers and fridge. Large pine snapped and it only missed our vehicles by a few feet. The normal branches laying around. Chickens and ducks are fine. It was a miserable few days but I kept telling myself how fortunate we were. God bless 🙏
Oh no, sounds like you have a mess on your hands as well! Those pines are so unpredictable. And cedars. I'm sorry about your food loss. :( It was an odd storm, the county looked as if bombs exploded but for some odd reason, not very many vehicles, houses, business etc where really damaged. First time I went to town afterwards I was prepared for devastation and was happily surprised to see it mostly a mess from the trees. Good to hear about your chickens and ducks. :)
Yes, it was s strange dtorm for sure. Some things weren't even disturbed on our porch. Like styrofoam bowls we feed the cats in... and yet there were branches and stuff all over the ground.
@@sharonsunshine2532 that's interesting! We just talked about that today, that it seemed to have been winds higher up. Even in our greenhouse where the cover was blown off, nothing on the inside was disturbed. No pot tipped over, nothing. So odd.
