Y’all know we’re all about those summer peaches - sweet, juicy, sun-warmed, and gone too soon. But there’s another Southern story growing quietly just down the orchard rows, one that picks up right where peach season ends.

Every 30 years or so, our peach trees get tired. (Can you blame them?) Peach trees need attention, care, and rich, healthy soil to make the best, highest-quality fruit. After decades of producing those perfect bites of summer, the land needs a little rest.

So, we listen to our trees. 
When the soil says it’s time, farmers rotate from peaches to something new to keep our soil healthy. In Georgia, that “something new” is often pecans.

Why Pecans?

Pecans love what peaches leave behind. They thrive in the same sun-soaked fields. Where peach trees are quick to fruit and quick to fade, pecan trees play the long game. They grow tall, take their time, and can produce for generations.

That’s why so many Georgia peach farms plant pecans when they give their orchards a rest. It keeps the soil healthy, helps farmers keep their crews year-round, and brings another kind of Southern sweetness to life.

And it turns out Georgia does pecans really well, growing more than a third of all the pecans in the U.S. and shipping more than half of those overseas.

Our story doesn’t end when peach season does; it just keeps growing. The same care, the same land, the same love that brings you our peaches now brings you our pecans. Different season, same promise. 



(Stay tuned: next Friday, we will tell you more about how we get these tasty treats off the tree!)