It’s just about time to go harvest our hazelnuts (or filberts as we like to call them). We have been getting some good windy rainy storms blowing through our area, which has knocked down a lot of the crop out of the trees.
We wait for the nuts to naturally come out of the tree, no shaking required. But it’s always a bit of a guessing game as to when to harvest. Too early and a lot of nuts will fall after you sweep them into rows, causing you to run over a lot of your crop. Too late and you risk worse weather and rain storms that make for very muddy, very wet and very frustrating harvest.
We usually go through the orchards two times, get the bulk at the start then finish up after some more have fallen. It’s not an easy crop to harvest this time of year, but hoping for a good fall with some nice weather windows to get the job done. I guess all in all, it always gets done, just depends on how dusty or muddy you are at the end of the day!
Good morning! I’m out in the orchard today, so I decided to do a quick video of how and why we keep or chard floors so clean. Just click the link below! Enjoy!
And on a beautiful day, down long dirt roads, it isn’t the same but it isn’t all bad.
The grass is shooting heads of seed, hopefully ones that will be nice and full for a good yield. 
The clover is blooming and gorgeous!! 
And our spring crops like radish and squash are in the ground and starting to grow.
