Grow your own almonds for beauty and health

I know this is going to sound a bit Mark Twain but the first almond tree I seen was in book.
Grow your own almonds for beauty and health

And an art book at that – first year of secondary school, on detention in the library (I know, bad boy of gardening), bored senseless I took a book off the shelf and opened it on the  depiction of an almond tree in full bloom by Vincent Van Gogh – it set my brain on fire.

There are seminal moments in your life, those that sort of elevate your perception or ramp up your fervour for life. For me hearing Jimi Hendrix for the first time after a childhood of radio pop, and my parent’s country and motown.

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