Home Grown Almonds Blog

I’ve been busy removing trees that have died recently. It isn’t fun work, but at least we get firewood for next winter. And any branches that still have some leaves or nuts left on them we feed to Rebecca’s milk goats - they love the treat!
Quite a few of the trees are getting diseases, some [...]

Resident Robin

Mourning Dove Nest

Things are starting to heat up here in the Central Valley of California.  The hot weather is great for the developing almonds.  The trees soak up the sunshine as photosynthesis is in full swing.  It’s really such a peaceful time in the orchard.
With water flowing to the trees, the almonds grow and [...]