Pine Nut picking

I had never even heard of pine nuts before I moved out here. Ev hadn't picked pine nuts either. But it is the THING TO DO! And this is the year to do it (apparently some years are definitely better than others). So we went, prepared to fill two 5-gallon buckets. We found some good pinenuts (thanks to Matt) and picked and picked and picked and picked. We covered the bottom of our bucket, barely. So we picked and picked and picked some more. We filled a bucket 1/4 full.

Hmmm....so much for our over-achieving goals.

But we had a fun time together as a family and the weather was BEAUTIFUL. We'll do it again next year...with more realistic goals :)