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PECAN PICKING It can be physically demanding, but that didn’t stop Jimmy Guajardo or George Tervants from searching for pecans on the courthouse lawn. Fall and winter are the months when pecans begin to fall from the trees. Residents collect the free nuts to use as snacks or bake up into pies. LPR photo

It was a little chilly and late in the afternoon when George Tervants and Jimmy Guajardo were out on the courthouse lawn looking for pecans.The lawn’s four sides surrounding the courthouse building contains several pecan trees. Every year around this time is when the nuts they produce fall to the ground.Each fall and winter, residents go there to collect the free nuts.“They’re pretty expensive at the store; about $2 a pound,” Guajardo said.For Tervants, it was a rare day. He was just there helping his friend. For Guajardo, it’s a seasonal occurrence to take several trips to the courthouse for ...

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