Where it’s from: Overturf Farms in Ada, OK.
How to incorporate into your holiday meal: level up your pecan pie with these local pecans! Or, add to the top of an apple crumble. Or roast/sauté with butter, cinnamon, and sugar to make candied pecans as a centerpiece in a salad or just a side on its own.
About the farm: Overturf Farms was established in 1980. Gene and Susie Overturf bought a farm south of Ada and learned how to harvest pecans from local farmers. They have embraced the pecan business ever since. For the last 8 years no chemicals have been applied to the native pecan trees. When people think of fruit orchards you think of trees in rows. These pecan trees are native to the area and grow where nature planted them. No irrigation occurs on the trees. Some of the trees are over 100 years old and have seen some wonderful history on the clear boggy creek. Cattle graze and seek shade under the trees in the hot summer, and in late November, three generations of Overturf’s gather around to harvest. It’s been that way for years - at one point we had 4 to 5 generations helping pick up pecans. Although Gene and Susie’s parents and grandparents didn’t grow up around pecan harvesting, they all would come down for years helping with harvest. Now that those older generations are gone, the youngest generation, Gene and Susie’s grandkids are harvesting with them and their parents under the trees. It’s a family event and memories are made every year!
Where it’s from: Overturf Farms in Ada, OK.
How to incorporate into your holiday meal: level up your pecan pie with these local pecans! Or, add to the top of an apple crumble. Or roast/sauté with butter, cinnamon, and sugar to make candied pecans as a centerpiece in a salad or just a side on its own.
About the farm: Overturf Farms was established in 1980. Gene and Susie Overturf bought a farm south of Ada and learned how to harvest pecans from local farmers. They have embraced the pecan business ever since. For the last 8 years no chemicals have been applied to the native pecan trees. When people think of fruit orchards you think of trees in rows. These pecan trees are native to the area and grow where nature planted them. No irrigation occurs on the trees. Some of the trees are over 100 years old and have seen some wonderful history on the clear boggy creek. Cattle graze and seek shade under the trees in the hot summer, and in late November, three generations of Overturf’s gather around to harvest. It’s been that way for years - at one point we had 4 to 5 generations helping pick up pecans. Although Gene and Susie’s parents and grandparents didn’t grow up around pecan harvesting, they all would come down for years helping with harvest. Now that those older generations are gone, the youngest generation, Gene and Susie’s grandkids are harvesting with them and their parents under the trees. It’s a family event and memories are made every year!
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