Australian owned & Grown

In its early years the Pecan Lady property was primarily an Orange Orchard. When the market collapsed the orange trees were pulled out and the Pecan Lady trees that stand today were planted. The orchard was planted by Harold and Myra Hunt in the mid 1980’s. Unfortunately Harold passed away just when the trees were starting to bear. Their son Bob and his wife Wilhelmina (pictured below) took over the orchard and founded the Pecan Lady. The trees are mature and pecan trees can grow and produce for hundreds of years.

Our pecan crop consists of mainly the Witchita and Western Schley variety. We also have a small section of the orchard with a variety of species of pecan nut trees. Our nuts are not the fast growing large variety but are smaller and taste sweeter. They are all grown on our orchard and are fed by the rain and our natural mountain spring water. We grow according to organic principles and we use no pesticides or artificial fertilizers.

Being a family operation, our nuts are 100% Australian grown and owned. We have developed our own nut cracking machine and only crack our own nuts so there is no contamination of any others. We only sell our nuts grown on our orchard.

Offering unique and amazing benefits to the human diet, pecans are in the top 15 foods known for their antioxidant activity, according to the USDA. One of those antioxidants is vitamin E, which scientists say may convey neurological and cell protection.

The vitamin E in pecans may also play a role in coronary heart disease prevention because it keeps blood lipids from oxidizing in your body, which can be equated with rusting. Another phytochemical contributing to its antioxidant activity is ellagic acid, which helps keep several carcinogenic properties from proliferating. Betacarotenes, lutein, and zeaxanthin in pecans also help rid your body of harmful free radicals, protecting it from disease, cancer, and infection.

Pecans are also chock-full of minerals. Manganese, of which pecans offer a whopping 245% of the daily value per serving, is very good for your heart. Pecans contain 65% of the daily value for copper, critical for energy production in  your cells, and 33% each in magnesium (helping to maintain a healthy immune system, nerve function, heart rhythm, and muscle and bone strength) and zinc (for optimal immune function, protein synthesis, DNA synthesis, cell division, and wound healing). The phosphorus, iron, calcium, and selenium content in pecans hold their own as nutritional assets.

On the same scale, one serving of pecans offers a 48% daily value of thiamin (which helps cells convert carbohydrates into energy and aids in heart, muscle, and nervous system function), 42% of the daily value in fiber, and 20% of protein in one serving. Of the 78 grams of total fat, 7 are saturated. Pecans are packed with fatty acids like oleic acid that  your body needs, which is great for weight control. Plant sterols in pecans offer further cholesterol-lowering ability.