Comments for Home Grown Almonds Blog http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog Sat, 19 May 2012 09:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Winter in the Orchard by Jim and Leona Hutton http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/winter-in-the-orchard/#comment-135 Jim and Leona Hutton Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:08:43 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=87#comment-135 Hi Tom and Becca, Wow, how your life is evolving.Well, maybe that isn't the best word. Changing, growing,. Tom you sure sound like a farmer. you must of picked up the lingo from Uncle Jim. We are being "flooded" here in Surprise,AZ too. Sounds funny for the desert. There are no drains on the streets here so all of a sudden ,yesterday, I hit water on our own street about a foot deep going about 35. Ouched!! I hoped my car didn't get too wet. We have already received enough rain here in this one week that has already exceded 2009. That was only 2.79 inches though. Hi Tom and Becca,
Wow, how your life is evolving.Well, maybe that isn’t the best word. Changing, growing,. Tom you sure sound like a farmer. you must of picked up the lingo from Uncle Jim.
We are being “flooded” here in Surprise,AZ too. Sounds funny for the desert. There are no drains on the streets here so all of a sudden ,yesterday, I hit water on our own street about a foot deep going about 35. Ouched!! I hoped my car didn’t get too wet. We have already received enough rain here in this one week that has already exceded 2009. That was only 2.79 inches though.

]]> Comment on Winter in the Orchard by John Hutton http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/winter-in-the-orchard/#comment-133 John Hutton Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:23:36 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=87#comment-133 Hey Tom & Becca that was a fun tour. Wow, it's way bigger than I pictured. That must be a ton of work. By the way, how old are those trees? Could some of those downed ones still be rescued? Any chance you'll be vacationing in Colorado at the end of March? I think it will be another unique wedding. Blessings on you and your upcoming season! Yours in Jesus, John Hey Tom & Becca that was a fun tour. Wow, it’s way bigger than I pictured. That must be a ton of work.
By the way, how old are those trees? Could some of those downed ones still be rescued?

Any chance you’ll be vacationing in Colorado at the end of March? I think it will be another unique wedding.

Blessings on you and your upcoming season!

Yours in Jesus,
John

]]> Comment on ‘09 Harvest Continues…with a glimpse to the future. by Margarete de Gaston http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/09-harvest-continueswith-a-glimpse-to-the-future/#comment-132 Margarete de Gaston Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:50:39 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=71#comment-132 Tom, I'm thrilled to read that you are going organic. When we still farmed almonds, prior to retirement, we farmed organically, but never applied for certification. We found that leaving a strip of weeds surounding much of the orchard to offer a place for bugs to go instead of the trees helped and so did the praying mantisses we had in huge numbers because we did not spray during dormant and other seasons of the year. Over the years, their numbers really increased greatly and they did a lot of good work. When having our almonds hulled/shelled, checking the nuts, we had a very low percentage of pest damaged meats.It was well worth having an orchard look a bit unkempt with its weeds surrounding it. :-)(Oh, it also saved money on the maintenance because we didn't have to pay for chemical pestcontrol. I love your Vanilla Raw Almonds. Wishing you success and thanks for going organic. Margarete Tom, I’m thrilled to read that you are going organic. When we still farmed almonds, prior to retirement, we farmed organically, but never applied for certification.

We found that leaving a strip of weeds surounding much of the orchard to offer a place for bugs to go instead of the trees helped and so did the praying mantisses we had in huge numbers because we did not spray during dormant and other seasons of the year. Over the years, their numbers really increased greatly and they did a lot of good work.

When having our almonds hulled/shelled, checking the nuts, we had a very low percentage of pest damaged meats.It was well worth having an orchard look a bit unkempt with its weeds surrounding it. :-)(Oh, it also saved money on the maintenance because we didn’t have to pay for chemical pestcontrol.

I love your Vanilla Raw Almonds.

Wishing you success and thanks for going organic.

Margarete

]]> Comment on ‘09 Harvest Continues…with a glimpse to the future. by The Almond Doctor http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/09-harvest-continueswith-a-glimpse-to-the-future/#comment-43 The Almond Doctor Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:49:28 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=71#comment-43 Enjoyed the pics/movies of harvest. It seems best to term almond harvest as controlled chaos - everything is flying everywhere with every step. Hopefully your yields will be high this year! Enjoyed the pics/movies of harvest. It seems best to term almond harvest as controlled chaos - everything is flying everywhere with every step. Hopefully your yields will be high this year!

]]> Comment on ‘09 Harvest Continues…with a glimpse to the future. by TomDafoe http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/09-harvest-continueswith-a-glimpse-to-the-future/#comment-42 TomDafoe Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:11:37 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=71#comment-42 The hulling plant is pretty much just mechanical and wind - no heat, to remove the hulls and the shells. The most heat our raw almonds are subjected to is from the sun when they're still on the trees! Maybe I can get a video of the almonds in the plant too. The huller is very similar in concept to a combine used in a grain field, it just happens to live in a building. I'm still hoping to get some actual sprouts going for you. I thought your photo of the "sprouted" roasted almond was very interesting. I think we might have some more experimenting to do. The hulling plant is pretty much just mechanical and wind - no heat, to remove the hulls and the shells. The most heat our raw almonds are subjected to is from the sun when they’re still on the trees! Maybe I can get a video of the almonds in the plant too. The huller is very similar in concept to a combine used in a grain field, it just happens to live in a building.

I’m still hoping to get some actual sprouts going for you. I thought your photo of the “sprouted” roasted almond was very interesting. I think we might have some more experimenting to do.

]]> Comment on ‘09 Harvest Continues…with a glimpse to the future. by John Horak http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/09-harvest-continueswith-a-glimpse-to-the-future/#comment-41 John Horak Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:56:55 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=71#comment-41 So what happens at the hulling plant? Is heat used in the hulling process? So what happens at the hulling plant? Is heat used in the hulling process?

]]> Comment on 2009 Harvest is Here! by Ron Hutton http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/2009-harvest-is-here/#comment-36 Ron Hutton Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:30:56 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=64#comment-36 Tom, Thanks for posting these harvest videos. We love your almonds and it's very fun to see the process of what goes on "back at the farm." Thanks too for the free shippping offer. That's a nice little bonus. Ron Hutton Tom, Thanks for posting these harvest videos. We love your almonds and it’s very fun to see the process of what goes on “back at the farm.” Thanks too for the free shippping offer. That’s a nice little bonus. Ron Hutton

]]> Comment on 2009 Harvest is Here! by Mom http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/almond-farm-news/2009-harvest-is-here/#comment-35 Mom Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:21:48 +0000 http://homegrownalmonds.com/blog/?p=64#comment-35 Oh,oh---sorry I'm not there to help :o) Oh,oh—sorry I’m not there to help :o)

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