New Website and Blogspot

We have updated the Roux Pecans website to include the blog.
Please go to http://www.rouxpecans.com/ and catch up with us and the latest news there.

Digging holes for new trees

It's time to get the new trees planted. The first have arrived and the sooner they get into the ground the better. This auger helps tremendously.

Our oldest trees were planted after the holes were dug by hand. That was a massive undertaking and back breaking!!

We will be planting Pawnee, Choctaw and Navaho on this block.

Aardvark

One of the many remarkable animals we are fortunate to have in the pecan orchard on Ramah is the Aardvark. (Orycteropus afer)

This particular one is not averse to walking about during daytime. Usually, they are nocturnal and a very rare sighting.

We consider the aardvark as an undeniable asset in our orchard management. Termites can be a terrible problem in young orchards particularly. They are inclined to ring bark young trees at ground level. Because we irrigate the trees, termites are attracted to the area for water.

We have two defences against termites.

1. Irrigate enough to make the area around the tree too wet to be comfortable for termites.

2. Hope that this rare animal finds your orchard and if it does, hope that it stays!!

For more information on this animal try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark