Last Day...

Today, Saturday March 13th, is the last day we are buying pecans from the public. During normal pecan seasons we would have stopped some time in February, but this pecan season has been anything but normal.

This year the pecans did not fall as early as they typically do (usually it begins around the end of October to middle of November and the pecans are usually all off the trees by January) and while many people still say they have some pecans left in their trees these pecans are probably not filled out very well. The weird season coupled with lots of snow and rain have made harvesting quite a chore this year for everyone!

We buy pecans from the public beginning each November and we end (usually) some time in February. All the pecans we buy from the public are shipped to shelling companies either here in the States or some this year went to China. Nothing that we buy is sold at our retail store. All the pecans we retail (and that are in our delicious homemade fudge) come from our 8,000 tree Montz Home Orchard located in Charlie, TX.

In order for us to buy pecans they must be from the most recent season, filled out well, have no holes in them, cannot be cracked or shelled, and cannot have debris in them such as sticks, rocks, leaves, or lots of dirt. They also must be dry (we cannot buy wet pecans because they will mold). Thus, if you are unable to get all your pecans sold from this year we cannot buy them when we start again in November 2010. Sorry!

We do offer custom cracking year round. The cost for this is $0.40 per pound.