Soon it will all be chips, but not the kind for guacamole.
For background on how we got to this point, see this year’s Sukkot planting.
I am often asked what I will do with the land.
If I had the resources, maybe wine grapes, or olive trees. Both were once common in these parts, before cheap water and protected markets led to the “green gold” boom (and the fruit of the vine is making a notable comeback, even very nearby). Both crops are much more adaptable to this climate, for sure. But I do not have the resources. So, for now, think of it as a (very) late start to shmitah.
Or maybe I should plant pinyon pine trees. Pine nuts are twenty dollars a pound at a local market.
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How many trees do you need to produce one pound of nuts? That seems like a very labor intensive idea.
`//rite On!
,\\ark Hurvitz
Seed planted by Mark Hurvitz — 20 July 2009 @ 18:46
Good question, Mark. I don’t know, but I am intrigued by this:
Source: Sharashkin L. and Gold M. 2004. Pine nuts: species, products, markets, and potential for U.S. production. In: Northern Nut Growers Association 95th Annual Report. Proceeding for the 95th annual meeting,
Columbia, Missouri, August 16-19, 2004.
Labor costs? High, no doubt. But water costs? A whole lot lower than for avos!
Seed planted by MSS — 20 July 2009 @ 19:16