Thanks Marianne.

[Guest guest]

Wonderful Information!!! thanks Marianne.

Come live in western North Carolina the second most bio-diverse area in

the world. (The first being the Amazon rain forests)

Down to Earth people should all come together here and will start the

finest all Organic, anti pesticide, non-GMO community in the world.

Eat the weeds and save the seeds!!! Down with Synthetic food!!!!

 

~B

 

On 4/1/2010 8:04 PM, Marianne wrote:

 

 

 

I should have said we HAD

two. We just sold our place in northern CA (zone 8). In fact

we're moving from our ranch tomorrow.

 

We bought the trees a

few years ago and they've done well, though they are still small and

not producing great quantities yet. Almonds are not hard to grow if you live in the right

climate. They need hot summers and cool winters and no sub zero

temperatures. The trees are not self pollinating, so every orchard

must have more than one variety. An active bee population is very

helpful. We kept a hive in our orchard just for that reason.

 

When we bought this property

in the mountains 20 years ago it was mostly forest and brush. My

husband spent many an hour pulling buck brush and Manzanita with his

old Scout to clear space for a garden and orchard. Now in addition

to the large organic vegetable gardens and herb garden, we have a mixed

orchard of 27 trees. It's been a wonderful experience here, and we're

very excited to see where we end up next. At this point we are

technically homeless, having sold our ranch before finding a new

place. If anyone knows of a wonderful farm property with good water

and privacy I am VERY interested.

 

For those who are looking to

buy almonds, in the past we have ordered raw almonds (when you could

still buy really raw) from a place in southern CA called Zinke Orchards. They produce a

consistently high quality product at reasonable prices. (Last I

checked their non pareil almonds were a bit more than $4 /lb. when

ordered in a 50-pound box. I know that's a lot of nuts but they

freeze well.) Unfortunately in 2007 the Almond Board of California

decreed that all almonds be pasteurized, either by quick-steam method,

or by spraying a noxious chemical previously used in hot rod fuel.

(The race car industry had earlier banned it because it is so

dangerous.) Zinke grows without chemicals and uses the steam

pasteurization method.

 

Okay, maybe more than most of

you wanted to know about almonds, but the only thing in my house not

packed is the laptop! LOL

 

~Marianne

PS - Bryan, I ditto the

accolades on the herb of the week posts and your new website project.

Wonderful photos and very helpful information. Eat

the weeds!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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Original Message -----

 

Bryan Shillington

To:

herbal remedies

 

Sent:

Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:52 AM

Subject:

{Herbal Remedies} Almond tree.

 

 

 

 

Yay!!! I hoped someone would have an

Almond tree.

So how did you grow them? What is you climate?

I was worried that no one would have any. You quieted my fears.

Thanks

 

~B

 

On 3/31/2010 10:31 PM, Marianne wrote:

 

 

We have two.

 

~Marianne

 

 

 

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Original Message -----

 

Bryan

Shillington

To:

herbal remedies

 

Sent:

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:33 AM

Subject:

{Herbal Remedies} Who has an almond tree?

 

 

 

 

7,000 HR members and I'm sad to say

that I would not be surprised if no one has an almond tree.

 

Goes to show you how valuable gardens are in this New Age.

 

Who has an almond tree? Please somebody have one.

98% of 7,000 health conscious people probably have no idea what one

looks like. That's bad folks.That's real bad.

 

Store bought Almond milk is not the greatest.

It is soooo much better to make your own.

Just throw raw almonds in a blender with

some water and strain. (Use the leftovers for some delicious baked

goods)

If you want you can add a little organic Vanilla extract and some

honey. Yum.

 

~B

 

On 3/30/2010 3:29 PM, patricia jones wrote:

 

 

 

bummer and i thought agave was natural now tell me how

bad store bought almond milk is trouble is almonds are sooo

expensive here in new york , i realize home made with sprouted

almonds is best but find an un roasted un salted un sweeten ones

around here in the winter is near impossible lol patty

 

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YOU'LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT ,

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MOTTO FOR US PATRIOTS

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and his 60 theives next election or sooner

 

 

 

 

 

Anella Russo <anellarusso >

To:

herbal remedies

Tue,

March 30, 2010 3:19:39 PM

Subject:

{Herbal Remedies} input please

 

 

 

This piques my curiosity because I use raw agave nectar on

occasion. I would like to hear what others think.

 

http://articles.

mercola.com/ sites/articles/ archive/2010/ 03/30/beware- of-the-agave-

nectar-health- food-fraud. aspx