Piñon time (1 Viewer)

[Mauser]

The cones started opening sometime this last week. I'll be wandering the property for the next couple of weeks shaking random trees looking for a tasty snack.

Everybody loves them, I shake the tree over the chicken pen and the chickens go crazy, and my big stupid dog will pick them up one at a time and crunch away.

Luckily most of the city kids don't come this far back into the hills to pick piñon, but I do get to run a few off most years.

 

[Dumpolina]

Excellent! Scout loves this time of year on the sandia trails

 

[marcfj60]

The cones started opening sometime this last week. I'll be wandering the property for the next couple of weeks shaking random trees looking for a tasty snack.

Everybody loves them, I shake the tree over the chicken pen and the chickens go crazy, and my big stupid dog will pick them up one at a time and crunch away.

Luckily most of the city kids don't come this far back into the hills to pick piñon, but I do get to run a few off most years.

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I think the homesteaders chopped down all the pinon on my property 100 years ago to prepare for their failed attempt at dry-land farming. I think I have counted 5 trees growing on the 20 acres and they're all young and growing up the middle of a juniper tree, with no cones or seeds.