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Hulls are splitting, Almonds are drying, Harvest is close!

I absolutely love this time of year, the almond hulls are splitting and exposing the shells inside allowing them to dry and harden.  They start taking on the nutty flavor that we all love so much, and have less of the “green” flavor as they dry out.

William came with me this morning when I went [...]

Trees lost to disease

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 [...]