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I rent a house on a farm, in the middle of an almond orchard, in a farm town in the middle of the farming belt along HWY 99 in the Central Valley of California.
I’m very familiar with the harvest season, since each year I get an up close and personal view of the process.
*All photos were taken by me*
1. All these lovely almond blooms
2. That opened in the early spring time…Fell off.
3. Leaving the baby nut behind, and during the long hot summer the nut matures.
4. And once the almonds have dried, the outer shell popped open
5. Dried Almond
6. Almond cracked open and ready to eat.
The Harvest began on Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, which meant for me that I got woken up bright and early by the machines shaken the bejessus out of the trees, and the hiss of almonds hitting the ground.
A week later, the nut has dried, and the sweepers come in (making more noise), and move the almonds into neat rows so they be swept up and loaded into trucks (making more dust and noise).
There you have it! That’s the story of the almond.
Oh, and if you wanted to know if you pronounce the ‘d’ on the end of the word almond, here’s the story:
When the nut falls off the tree the ‘d’ is knocked off, and you have a almon.
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I don’t know if you’d enjoy it. It gets very hot here. Every summer it reaches a hundred plus and we have summer clear into the fall months. It is a dry heat, but hot is hot when it gets that high. But the crops sure do seem to love it. 🙂
Pretty pics! I live on a farm in a tiny farming community which grows world famous sweet corn. Right now, the farmers are cutting the corn. They cut until after 2:00 am last night…sigh.
That was really informative about almonds…my dad had an almond tree once so this information was cool…also liked your Arcons are coming video…looks interesting…good luck with it!
Wow! Loved the pictures you posted! Autumn is my favorite season! I like all the beautiful colors outside and the weather is not that hot anymore but not freezing cold either. It’s just perfect! Thank you for the giveaway!
I loved the pictures and the story of the almond, they are my favorite. I live in Indiana, in a small farming town. we have lots of corn so we are always on the look out for farming tractors and stuff on the roads.
crystaley73 at yahoo dot com
I love harvesting the last of the herbs from our herb garden in the fall along with the squash. Going to the apple orchard with the kids has brought many wonderful memories. Commercial harvesting is not my friend though. What that means to me is allergies and asthma attacks. I love the hand picked harvest and the delicious foods that come from it.
Yeah, I know how you feel. The almonds and even the raisin grape across the street are all mechanically harvested. It makes a lot of noise and dust. Lot and lots of dust.
I grew my veggies this year in containers. It was an interesting experience.
enjoyed the photos that you shared i love everything that autumn has to offer from great new reads to hoty cocoa and hot cider thanks for the chance to win angelwolfmystic@yahoo.com
I didn’t know almonds look so beautiful in bloom!
As I was little, my family used to raise potatoes, so I helped with the harvest, of course. I liked it, even if I was exhausted at the end of the day.
I adore autumn because of the amazing colors, bundling up in sweaters, Halloween and my birthday! Autumn also means cuddling up with a good book and a cup of cocoa!
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I love the hops cause of all the awesome new books I find to add to my to read list!
Well, I don’t have much experience harvesting anything having been a city dweller all of my life, but one year my mum grew gourds in the little patch in the front yard. We had tons of them! I honestly don’t know how they grew so well and we’ve never been able to duplicate it.
I live in NC, so most of the crops hete are tobacco, corn, cotton and soybeans! I love watching the farmers with the cotton, it is absolutely amazing to me how they can pack the cotton into the bales:)! I learned something new today, I love almomds(especially honey roasted almonds) but I had no idea the process! Thank you for sharing and being a part of the hop! Hope you enjoy your day! allysonbrann06@yahoo.com
Hello Janice. 🙂
The only things I’ve harvested have been walnuts because of all the walnut trees on the five acres, mainly they are by the creek.} and the vegetables from gramma’s garden. Everything from tomatoes, onions, peas, carrots, cabbage, and squash, to {rarely} pumpkins, water melons, and strawberries.
MIL, gramma, the kids and I all go out and plants the seeds, then water daily, and when ready gathering them is the kids’ favorite parts.
I’ve tried growing a garden, but with limited tools for the job and lousy soil, it’s impossible to get anything to grow.
However when I was little Mama and I {on her rare days off} would gather fruit from our fruit trees and make all kinds of Jam, and can it. Talk about hard work!
I do a fair amount of garden myself. From planting to tomatoes to radishes to carrots and so on…
FYI easiest (and yummest in my opinion) for tomatoes just wash them and put them in zippo storage bag & freeze after your done harvesting them 🙂
Thanks for sharing the almond 🙂
I’m not sure. My dad was from Tennese and pronouced it almon, and I was raised in California and pronouced it almond. Then I heard the joke on TV about the d falling off when the almond hits the ground.
When I was younger I used to help my grandparents with harvesting. My grandpa had a farm, so I got to see the corn and beans planted, growing, and harvested each year. I also helped pick berries in the woods around the farm. I helped my grandma plant her garden and then pick it all. I loved sitting with a huge bucket of green beans fresh from the garden, snapping them. The grandkids always did the snapping.
I love almonds–thank you for the story and pictures. I have not one harvest story–I have never picked anything, and won’t even cut grass. I have a harvest of photos of autumn leaves, though, Thanks for participating in the blog hop!
I have some fruits trees in my backyard, melon, coconut, banana and I grew all sort of herbs.
Now, that almond was really amazing. 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway, morebooksthanlivros@gmail.com
Re: The harvest – I love home grown tomatoes! The best. In general, you reap what you show. When you plant seeds of any kind, discord, love, hatred…you will get a crop. It may seem like years between the sowing and the harvesting, but it comes.
I love autumn with all the brilliant colors: oranges, yellows and reds of leaves. I love crisp, cool mornings where the sky is so blue it looks endless and the air is so fresh in your lungs. I love snuggling up in a warm throw on a cold autumn day with a good book. Of course, I love snuggling up with a good book about anytime of the year. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time to remember all the many blessings in my life and express thanks. I love baking spicy pumpkin pies with dollops of cream.
I like stories of the unexpected. I also love the steamy passion but I hate mentioning favorite authors because the list is long. I appreciate the many styles authors use to weave stories of mystery, love, intrigue, preternatural and inspiration. I love reading because I can go anywhere, any time in my mind and imagine indescribable things.
Thank you for this contest and the opportunity to be introduced to new authors.
My harvest experience is doing the pumkin patch!
I love the Fall because of the football games and tailgating! And of course having a campfire with roasted hotdogs! Thanks for the chance to win a great giveaway!
I’ve done the pumpkin patch too. One of our local farmers used to donate land, time and efforts to raise pumpkins for the pumkin patch for the kids at my daughter’s school.
I live in central IL, middle of nowhere and surrounded by farmland. That means the fall is very busy time of year for many of they people around here as so many of them are either farmer’s or their businesses work with or rely on agriculture. It also means getting stuck going 15-20 mph down the road behind a tractor is just a fact of life this time of year.
Oh, I know what you mean. I’ve been in a hurry to pick up my daughter from school and have to slow down for a tractor or some sort of harvester. But then I get to play a game called what does this harvest?
Thanks for joining in the hop. It was great to be introduced to your work.
My favorite part about autumn is that the cool weather gives me the perfect excuse to keep my oven full of yummy deliciousness that I really can’t do during two of the three other seasons. I love the feeling of being able to have yummy stuff baking while I nestle in with a good read.
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WOW! Beautiful pictures. I remember as a teen in central Illinois we would have to detassle the corn in the summer. It was awful, but made lots of money. As for harvesting, I would help my dad in the large garden we had growing up. We had everything! Corn, green beans, peppers, potatoes, carrots, broccoli, pumpkins, squash, watermelon, cantalope. Everything!
mel
bournmelissa at hotmail dot com
Oh wow those are some really pretty photo’s…I would love to live where you do….
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Hi Savannah,
I don’t know if you’d enjoy it. It gets very hot here. Every summer it reaches a hundred plus and we have summer clear into the fall months. It is a dry heat, but hot is hot when it gets that high. But the crops sure do seem to love it. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
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Great pictures. We love almonds here. Fall is my fav time of year in New england.
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great pics. Fall is my fav time of year here in New England. Actually that is why I got married in Nov.
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Hi Cgricci,
I love fall too, especially since it ends the summer heat. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Great book video, Janice. And love about learning how almonds are harvested.
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Hi Pamela,
Thank you. I had fun making the video and I’m an amature photographer and love taking photos. Out here I have a lot I can take photos of. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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I love picking apples & making fresh cider! Fall harvest are the best! 🙂
aligingerread@gmail.com
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Hi Ali,
Oh wow, you know how to make cider? All I know how to do is to drink it.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Pretty pics! I live on a farm in a tiny farming community which grows world famous sweet corn. Right now, the farmers are cutting the corn. They cut until after 2:00 am last night…sigh.
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Hi D’Ann,
Yum, sounds sweet corn sounds good and would be great to serve on Thanksgiving. My husband could live on corn, he loves it so much.
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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That was really informative about almonds…my dad had an almond tree once so this information was cool…also liked your Arcons are coming video…looks interesting…good luck with it!
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Hi Brenda,
Thank you. 🙂 I took those photos right outside my door.
Thank you, I enjoyed making the video. The main book, Alien Heart, which I consider the flagship of the series should be out sometime next year.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Wow! Loved the pictures you posted! Autumn is my favorite season! I like all the beautiful colors outside and the weather is not that hot anymore but not freezing cold either. It’s just perfect! Thank you for the giveaway!
verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com
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Hi Veronika,
I love the cool weather in the fall too. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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I used to help my grandpa help harvest, I just remember everytime he wanted to dig potatoes it was always the hottest day of the year.
vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com
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Hi Donna,
That’s because potatoes love the heat. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Great pictures. We love almonds here. love the cool weather in the fall too.
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
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Hi Laurie,
Oh, me too. We have such long hot-hot summers that when fall comes it a blessed relief.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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I loved the pictures and the story of the almond, they are my favorite. I live in Indiana, in a small farming town. we have lots of corn so we are always on the look out for farming tractors and stuff on the roads.
crystaley73 at yahoo dot com
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I love harvesting the last of the herbs from our herb garden in the fall along with the squash. Going to the apple orchard with the kids has brought many wonderful memories. Commercial harvesting is not my friend though. What that means to me is allergies and asthma attacks. I love the hand picked harvest and the delicious foods that come from it.
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My email is sassychassy333@gmail.com
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Hi Sassy,
Yeah, I know how you feel. The almonds and even the raisin grape across the street are all mechanically harvested. It makes a lot of noise and dust. Lot and lots of dust.
I grew my veggies this year in containers. It was an interesting experience.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Thank you for the lovely pictures specially the almond blossoms which I’ve never seen before.
bituin76 at hotmail dot com
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Hi Jan,
Well, then I’m very glad to show you something new.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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The only harvest experience I have is going to the apple orchard 🙂
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
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Hi Cassandra,
That’s still a good harvest experience.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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I haven’t ever harvested before. Sounds like an experience I should have someday. 😀
freshmankay[at]gmail[dot]com
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Hi Kayley,
You’ll never forget it. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Thanks for the chance to win!
Fall is my favorite season!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
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enjoyed the photos that you shared i love everything that autumn has to offer from great new reads to hoty cocoa and hot cider thanks for the chance to win angelwolfmystic@yahoo.com
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Hi Micheleann,
Thank you. 🙂 Since it’s gotten cooler, I too have been enjoying hot tea as well as hot cocoa.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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It’s my favorite season so I love hearing about your autumn— love the changing leaves, anything pumpkin and halloween!!
booksconsidered[at]gmail[dot]com
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Hi Eva,
I agree, and after a long hot summer, fall seems so alive with color and so much to do.
Thank you for stopping by.
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I loved the video! Here in Utah autumn is beautiful but it doesn’t seem to last very long. Cold weather and snow gets here fast!
sqwalker2@gmail.com
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Hi Liese,
Our fall probably isn’t as colorful as yours and I do envy all that wonderful color.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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I didn’t know almonds look so beautiful in bloom!
As I was little, my family used to raise potatoes, so I helped with the harvest, of course. I liked it, even if I was exhausted at the end of the day.
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com
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Hi Dovile,
Oh, yes, almond blossoms are a special treat that I look forward to each year.
That’s a great memory about harvesting with your parents.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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I adore autumn because of the amazing colors, bundling up in sweaters, Halloween and my birthday! Autumn also means cuddling up with a good book and a cup of cocoa!
grapeapril75(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the hops cause of all the awesome new books I find to add to my to read list!
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Hi April,
Oh yes, can’t forget cuddling up with a good book. Fall days are meant for cocoa, cuddling and reading. 🙂
Janice~
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Well, I don’t have much experience harvesting anything having been a city dweller all of my life, but one year my mum grew gourds in the little patch in the front yard. We had tons of them! I honestly don’t know how they grew so well and we’ve never been able to duplicate it.
JYL22075 at gmail dot com
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Hi Jy,
Wow, that is something. I’ve never been able to grow gords myself but would love to. You can make a lot of really great crafts with gords.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Very neat pics – I had grown up near a nut orchard and I had forgotten about that.
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Hi Jo,
That interesting. 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
Janice~
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Forgot my email – jochibi AT yahoo DOT com
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Hi Jo,
Okay, got it.
Janice~
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Thanks for the great hop.
magic5905 at embarqmail dot com
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Hi Joy,
Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
Janice~
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I live in NC, so most of the crops hete are tobacco, corn, cotton and soybeans! I love watching the farmers with the cotton, it is absolutely amazing to me how they can pack the cotton into the bales:)! I learned something new today, I love almomds(especially honey roasted almonds) but I had no idea the process! Thank you for sharing and being a part of the hop! Hope you enjoy your day!
allysonbrann06@yahoo.com
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Hi Ally,
I’m glad you enjoyed my photos and almond harvest story.
Thank you for stopping by and have a great day too. 🙂
Janice~
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Wow,great photos! The closest harvesting I have is trying to grow a garden and failing most years! I swear I have a triple black thumb! LOL!
books4me67 at ymail dot com
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Hi Books4me,
Sorry to hear that. Not everyone is cut out to be a gardener. There’s some things I can’t grow either.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Hello Janice. 🙂
The only things I’ve harvested have been walnuts because of all the walnut trees on the five acres, mainly they are by the creek.} and the vegetables from gramma’s garden. Everything from tomatoes, onions, peas, carrots, cabbage, and squash, to {rarely} pumpkins, water melons, and strawberries.
MIL, gramma, the kids and I all go out and plants the seeds, then water daily, and when ready gathering them is the kids’ favorite parts.
I’ve tried growing a garden, but with limited tools for the job and lousy soil, it’s impossible to get anything to grow.
However when I was little Mama and I {on her rare days off} would gather fruit from our fruit trees and make all kinds of Jam, and can it. Talk about hard work!
bidelia78@yahoo.com.
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Hi Kitty,
That sounds like an awesome childhood memory. Thank you for sharing and stopping by.
Janice~
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My pleasure. 🙂
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I do a fair amount of garden myself. From planting to tomatoes to radishes to carrots and so on…
FYI easiest (and yummest in my opinion) for tomatoes just wash them and put them in zippo storage bag & freeze after your done harvesting them 🙂
Thanks for sharing the almond 🙂
Beckey
BeckeyWhiteATgmailDOTcom
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Hi Beckey,
Oh, I love tomatoes. I raised them most years, but we eat the fresh ones so fast that there is none left to freese.
I’m glad you liked my alomnd story.
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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where i live i love to watch the mountains changing colors. thanks for joining the hop. Miriam.whitewolf@gmail.com
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Hi Miriam,
That does sound lovely. We have a conifer forest in California so it stays green years round.
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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I’d never heard of dropping the d at the end of almond. Must be a regional thing? terrimuhich(at)yahoo(dot)com.
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Hi Tara,
I’m not sure. My dad was from Tennese and pronouced it almon, and I was raised in California and pronouced it almond. Then I heard the joke on TV about the d falling off when the almond hits the ground.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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When I was younger I used to help my grandparents with harvesting. My grandpa had a farm, so I got to see the corn and beans planted, growing, and harvested each year. I also helped pick berries in the woods around the farm. I helped my grandma plant her garden and then pick it all. I loved sitting with a huge bucket of green beans fresh from the garden, snapping them. The grandkids always did the snapping.
spdrs_bb_mama(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Hi Melissa,
You are blessed to have such wonderful memories of your grandparents. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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Wow your books look great! Thanks for the amazing giveaway!!!!
tobihelton at gmail dot com
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Hi Tobi,
Thank you very much and thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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When I was growing up in New York, my Dad had a massive garden. I remember IN THE Summer when I’d go outside and “pick a salad” for lunch!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
elizabeth @ bookattict . com
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Hi BookAttict,
Oh, that’s a wonderful memory. My dad had garden too, but I don’t remember doing that.
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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You definately have some great photos there that make me think AUTUMN.
mrs.hildebrand AT gmail.com
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Hi Meinda,
Thank you. 🙂 I love taking photos and these were taken right out my front door.
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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I love almonds–thank you for the story and pictures. I have not one harvest story–I have never picked anything, and won’t even cut grass. I have a harvest of photos of autumn leaves, though, Thanks for participating in the blog hop!
brendurbanist at gmail dot com
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Hi Urb,
Everyone harvests in their own way. Sounds like you have a lot of autumn leaves photos. That’s great. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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I have some fruits trees in my backyard, melon, coconut, banana and I grew all sort of herbs.
Now, that almond was really amazing. 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway,
morebooksthanlivros@gmail.com
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Hi Isabelle,
Thank you. Your front yard sounds like it’s really something. Now I’m wondering what it looks like. 🙂 Pretty I bet.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Re: The harvest – I love home grown tomatoes! The best. In general, you reap what you show. When you plant seeds of any kind, discord, love, hatred…you will get a crop. It may seem like years between the sowing and the harvesting, but it comes.
I love autumn with all the brilliant colors: oranges, yellows and reds of leaves. I love crisp, cool mornings where the sky is so blue it looks endless and the air is so fresh in your lungs. I love snuggling up in a warm throw on a cold autumn day with a good book. Of course, I love snuggling up with a good book about anytime of the year. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time to remember all the many blessings in my life and express thanks. I love baking spicy pumpkin pies with dollops of cream.
I like stories of the unexpected. I also love the steamy passion but I hate mentioning favorite authors because the list is long. I appreciate the many styles authors use to weave stories of mystery, love, intrigue, preternatural and inspiration. I love reading because I can go anywhere, any time in my mind and imagine indescribable things.
Thank you for this contest and the opportunity to be introduced to new authors.
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Hi Gail,
Love your comment. I agree that a harvest of any kind is similar to what we sow in life. 🙂 I love to read too.
Your welcome and thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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I love Autumn for the leaves. I read lots of books as it gets colder.
smurfettev AT gmail DOT com
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Hi Sheri,
We don’t have a lot of leaves that turn color, but it is a nice chance in the scenery. I do more reading in the cooler months too. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by.
Janice~
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My harvest experience is doing the pumkin patch!
I love the Fall because of the football games and tailgating! And of course having a campfire with roasted hotdogs! Thanks for the chance to win a great giveaway!
kacidesigns AT yahoo DOT com
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Hi Kaci,
I’ve done the pumpkin patch too. One of our local farmers used to donate land, time and efforts to raise pumpkins for the pumkin patch for the kids at my daughter’s school.
I love roasting winnie over an open fire too. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Sadly I have a black thumb and do not have much luck with harvests…but I do have a plum tree that makes for great plum jam!
kissyjensen at gmail dot com
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Hi Chrissybelle,
My daughter and husband love plums. I bet you make a tasty jam from your plums.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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I live in central IL, middle of nowhere and surrounded by farmland. That means the fall is very busy time of year for many of they people around here as so many of them are either farmer’s or their businesses work with or rely on agriculture. It also means getting stuck going 15-20 mph down the road behind a tractor is just a fact of life this time of year.
snhoveln (at) gmail (dot) com
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Hi Stephanie,
Oh, I know what you mean. I’ve been in a hurry to pick up my daughter from school and have to slow down for a tractor or some sort of harvester. But then I get to play a game called what does this harvest?
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Thanks for sharing and being a part of the hop!
bacchus76 at myself dot com
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Hi Donna,
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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Never really harvested anything really. Except stone fruits…Picked and brought to the mouth
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Hi Nikki,
Then we’ll just call that a harvest. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Thanks for the chance to win!
lovesgamble at gmail dot com
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Hi Hank,
Thank you for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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Thanks for joining in the hop. It was great to be introduced to your work.
My favorite part about autumn is that the cool weather gives me the perfect excuse to keep my oven full of yummy deliciousness that I really can’t do during two of the three other seasons. I love the feeling of being able to have yummy stuff baking while I nestle in with a good read.
planterofhope(at)aol(dot)com
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Hi Carla,
True the cool weather of fall practically begs for you to bake something. 🙂
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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Beautiful pictures. No harvesting experience here.
lisarayns at gmail dot com
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Hi Lisarayns,
Thank you and thanks for dropping by. 🙂
Janice~
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Love the pics. I live on a farm where we harvest corn and soybeans.
lauratroxel@yahoo.com
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Hi Laura,
Sounds great. My husband loves corn.
Thank you for dropping by.
Janice~
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WOW! Beautiful pictures. I remember as a teen in central Illinois we would have to detassle the corn in the summer. It was awful, but made lots of money. As for harvesting, I would help my dad in the large garden we had growing up. We had everything! Corn, green beans, peppers, potatoes, carrots, broccoli, pumpkins, squash, watermelon, cantalope. Everything!
mel
bournmelissa at hotmail dot com
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Hi Mel,
Thank you. I love taking photos.
That does sound like a lot of vegetables. Must have been good for you to have that much fresh food at every meal.
Thank you for dropping by.
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