I saw that I last posted right around a million days ago (yeesh) I have a good excuse, mostly because I hate getting vomit on my keyboard and since this baby started growing that’s about all I seem to be able to manage lately…making it to the toilet. But that said, there has been so much going on at the farm that I finally sat down this morning and decided I might as well give a quick update on filbert (hazelnut) harvest.
Last year it was a muddy mess, it was one of those years when you see the rain start to fall and you jokingly think that maybe it won’t ever stop. And then weeks later, the joke is over and it actually never stops. So this year, having more typical fall weather, a little sun and wind, some good rains, then a little sun and wind, did us well for a nice harvest. A dusty….but better than mud harvest!!
Unfortunately due to the weather this past year the yields were down quite a bit, and it’s always hard to end the year on a down harvest.
So we had good and bad come along with our final 11th crop for 2017. I have done a number of posts as to how we actually harvest the nuts. You click on the links below to see more of those details.
Filbert Harvest from Start to Middle
Hazelnut Harvest…the Rest of the Story
I did do a Facebook live video from the seat of my harvester on one of the last days we were out in the orchard. Please excuse all technical difficulties…my video skills are rusty at best!
You can check it out here.
And since farming is often a family affair, here are a few pictures of me with our boys while they rode along. 
I do have a lot to catch you all up on, I think we harvested about 4 crops, baby #3 is growing rapidly, as are the crops that we have planted for the 2018 harvest. So I’m hoping to do some catching up in the weeks to come. Hope you all have a great Friday!!
NuttyGrass 