Spring Is Bustin' Out All Over & I'm Feelin' Kinda Nutty!
Before I left for London/Paris last week, my trusty Chico blog-mistress took me
over to the nearby, friendly agricultural community of Durham...
...to see the acres and acres of almond orchards, with rows and rows of trees
...to see the acres and acres of almond orchards, with rows and rows of treesbusting out all over with beautiful, pink, fluffy, blossoms! 
Their sweet scent filled the air for miles around and....
Ahhhh!...just keep the bees away from me!
California is the only state in the U.S. that grows almonds (over a billion pounds annually)...and out of the over 550,000 acres of almond orchards in California, about 40,000 them are located right here in Butte County.
See?... I told you Chico is where the nuts come from!
Almonds are harvested by this machine called a Shaker.
It takes each almond tree in it's padded grasp and then shakes it like cRaZy
until the tree releases it's nuts and they fall to the ground.
And that is why...
when you're talking nuts 'round here....remember:
It's an "al-mond" if it's still on the tree...
and an "a-mond" (like "salmon") after it's been harvested.
Because...
Those nuts have had the "L" shaken outta them!
For more almond information, recipes, or to buy some REALLY tasty almonds for yourself, check out Maisie Jane's California Sunshine located right here in Chico. I just love her Orange & Spice Almonds...but the Cowboy BBQ, Herb & Garlic, and Tamari almonds are awesome too...oh, and don't even get me started on those Dark Chocolate Almonds...
19 Bodacious Comments (so far) ~ Add Yours!:
Let's see...a bra filled with nuts. Doesn't that make you a jock strap? :0)
I told you Chico is where the nuts come from!
HAHAHAH
xxoo
Lee - I think you have me confused with my cousin, Frank! Thank GAWD!!!
~Olga
Well yeah Meleah - I just wanted to make sure ya'll don't think I'm making this stuff UP! :)
~Olga
For some reason I never thought about nuts growing on trees...LOL. Almond trees....interesting. You're a very educational bra. :D
You're scaring me Drowsey...what did you think nuts grew on? On second thought...don't answer that. ;)
~Olga
olga ... LOL! Well, I thought they came from the bulk isle at the grocery store.
So thats how they are harvested - I never would have thunk. Pretty kwel technology.
Fidel & I drove through the area a few years back, on our honeymoon road trip:). Think we stopped in a Togo's.. maybe your neck of the woods.
*lol* over Christmas this year,there were cases of nuts for bulk sale.I have expected you to pop outta one of them :0
:0 at what Meleah said....:))))..I have hauled Blue Dimond almonds out of Californeeaaa a few times...which makes me a little nutty I guess...
and her Mom said,
Hmm, a machine that actually shakes trees. Never knew about those before.
Well, I'm just tickled pink I could ed-u-cate everyone about our delicious California a-monds!
(Despite hanging around some pretty big boobs most my life - I'm NOT a dumb bra'wd...in fact, I bet you'd be surprised at just how much I've got packed into these ol' DD's!)
Very, very cool and educational lesson!!!
We grow nuts here in Hollydale as well. The Bocce` Nut is a favorite amoung my Norweigion comrads, and are raised in the sand.
Song for Olga ...
Bocce` Nut!, Bocce` Nut!, ohh Bocce` Bocce` Bocce` ... Bocce` Nut! (repeat 72 times, or until wraped with duct tape)
You know, the almond is in my bestest candy bar, the "Almond Cat". I eat them while sitting on a shaker, going "ieieiei eieieie eieieie ah aha aha ha eiei eieieie".
Yes, you are #1 my fellow ... err, Bra-wd. The Hollydale page thanks you for all the good times, and all the great pictures. Here's to OLGA!!!!!!! Hoooo Rayyyy!
Glad I could enlighten you, Diva! Now U R smrter!
~Olga
Speedy - Why am I not surprised there are nuts in Hollydale?!...& how come I can just SEE YOU doing that on a Shaker! Perhaps because you're my #1 nut too!? ;)
~Olga
Those are some serious tree climbing skills you've got there!
And thanks for stumbling my foreplay blog. I was so surprised when I looked at my google analytics and my hits went up to 400 in a day! That was crazy. My boyfriend's going to be so mad that so many people read that :P (that was the horrible thing I was threatening I guess).
You're welcome Big Momma! That WAS a hilarious & genius post! :)
~Olga
Big Momma Pimples really hit the blogging jackpot, hubby not ...
Did you use the CODE??? I keep meaning to send a memo, but you know I have no sense of time.
I went out and gots me a big ole sack of walnuts! They sounded good, and good for my heart too. I have a 4 valve, over tummy cam and turbo blogging boost.
beautiful blossoms
Walnuts or wah-nuts Speedy?
~Olga
Thanks Nursie! Yours are too! ;)
~Olga
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