It is the beginning of Harvest Season

We have a Hazelnut (Filbert) Tree in our yard, and this year it has really gone overboard with the nuts!! I go out each day and pick up a double handful of nuts off the ground. I have to do this each day because the dogs like hazelnuts as much as we do.


I also picked all the pears from our pair of pear trees :)
They were so big and beautiful this year. They are Bartlett (Terry's favorite kind).



Terry likes to eat them fresh and also dried. So here he is setting up his assembly line to core, slice and put on the dryer racks. We filled four driers full of pears!! It was early in the morning (keeps the bees down when done when it is still cooler outside) and the sun wasn't on the deck yet.