How the Weather Affects the Maple Syrup Harvest

How the Weather Affects the Maple Syrup Harvest

2018 was a year of extremes. There was a day in January that was 30F below zero with wind chills taking it down to minus 50, followed by several days in a row well above freezing and melting most all the snow (not a good situation). Sap began to flow spasmodically...
Pecan Tree Harvest

Pecan Tree Harvest

Rent Mother Nature’s pecan grower tells us that the outer hull of your pecans are drying and just now beginning to crack.  They will stay on the tree in that condition until the hull becomes completely dry.  Then, they begin to fall to the ground.  Of course, once...
Peach Tree Lease Progress Report

Peach Tree Lease Progress Report

Rent Mother Nature’s peach growers told us that this year’s crop is looking great -Georgia’s sunny weather helps the ripening process along in fine style! As we repeat in so many reports, there is a good reason for tree-ripened produce to be prized. The longer a peach...
Harvesting Maple Syrup

Harvesting Maple Syrup

The good news is that Rent Mother Nature has made, and will continue making, really delicious, pure maple syrup again this year. The unfortunate part of this year is that we started in January and that this is probably not an aberration—it may be the new normal. Sugar...