"Sacha" wrote in message
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Our almond trees have produced a huge crop of at least a dozen or so nuts.
But can anyone tell me when you actually pick them? We have these large
green fuzzy pods on the two trees we have, so when do we know they're
'ready to go'. I do recall eating absolutely fresh out of the skin
almonds in Crete some years ago and have never tasted anything so
delicious as that gentle, milky 'bite' that they had. Any chance we'll
find that here, from our trees?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

I presume that they are eating almonds?

The house in Essex where I grew up had almond trees in the front garden.
Very pretty blossoms, good croppers, but the fruit was bitter (cyanide?).
I assume they were a decorative variety - they came with the house.