Harvested almonds. Can someone call the huller?

These almonds have been wind-rowed. Sweeping is complete and nuts are waiting to be picked up. We will do some hand raking ahead of the pickup machine to gather in any strays.

Nonpareil harvest is finished and we have been harvesting pollinators for a while. I think there are about three more weeks of harvest for us if the weather continues to cooperate. Unfortunately, rain is a possibility next week. Let's hope the forecast changes.

Whenever trees are shaken, I feel the pain..

Remember how I unsettled I was to discover shaking of trees? If not, please read my very old  post:  http://katarufarms.blogspot.com/2007/08/almond-harvest-and-shaker-blight.html

I mean, it makes me think, "Are we stressing out the trees too much?." Anyway, harvest is going well, the weather has been ideal for harvest so far. The Wood Colony are on the ground at Carpenter and we will probably start to sweep them this weekend. We will shake Whitmore trees on Friday perhaps.

Started shaking Wood Colony variety almonds.

Very clean and smooth process so far..