The collection of pine cones requires light weight birch poles to either hook the cones from branches or knock them from the higher reaches of the pinyon trees. Pine nuts (which are technically not nuts but seeds) are then separated from the cones. The yield can vary from year to year and the labor of harvesting, cleaning, roasting, grinding and storing can take a few days on a low production year, or up to several weeks on a good year. A high production will produce enough dried, mashed pine nuts for the entire year.
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