September Top Posts!

Getting back in the swing! Glad you are enjoying my writing.

Our Orchards

In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground. ~ Samuel Madden

I really love this quote. It resonates with my more natural and holistic side. The part of me that wants to be able to share, and to worry less about things being lost.

Orchard – Almonds

“I said to the almond tree, ‘Sister, speak to me of God.’
And the almond tree blossomed.”

― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

Why Almonds?

Almonds may very well be one of the healthiest and most useful foods around. Almond trees are my first choice of nut tree. They have a mild pleasant flavor that lends itself to both sweet and savory dishes. They are an excellent source of poly and mono-unsaturated fats, omega fatty acids, essential vitamins, minerals, and proteins.

Orchard Planning 2… Ugh!

In a previous post I mentioned that we would want at least 5 of each variety of tree we plan to plant in our orchard.

So now I am trying to decide how many of each fruit tree to plant, and it is proving problematic.