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Winter in the Orchard

The past few months have been pretty quiet on the farm. Leaves slowly dropped from the trees as the temperature dropped through November and December. December was especially cold for us here in the Sacramento Valley. We had many nights drop into the 20s, which is unusually cold for this area.
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Mourning the loss of a beautiful tree.

One morning last week, I was out changing the irrigation zones in the almond orchard, and three of my boys showed up, Briden (7) and Caleb (5) on their bikes, and William (3) on foot.  They love to race to see who can turn the most valves on/off for me, but the big boys let [...]