The almond field is a lozenge-shaped field, isolated from the house, down beside the river. We call it the almond field because, not knowing what else to do with the space, we planted some almond trees. This small space has changed dramatically over the last 10 years.
The first two photographs were taken by our predecessors, in December 2004…
![[photo: Europa Alpacas]](https://notesonaspanishvalley.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/nigels-pic-of-the-almond-field-in-2004-31-12-04.jpg)
[photo: Europa Alpacas]
![[photo: Europa Alpacas]](https://notesonaspanishvalley.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/nigels-pic-of-the-almond-field-in-2006-2-5-06.jpg)
[photo: Europa Alpacas]
In March 2009, the field looked like this…
![[photo: andaluciadiary.com]](https://notesonaspanishvalley.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/future-campo-de-tenis-march-2009-andrew-10-4-14.jpg)
[photo: andaluciadiary.com]
We have lost two trees to frost since then, but on the whole we are pleased with our field. We are yet to crop the nuts, hopefully this year will be our first harvest; last year the blossom was killed by an early frost. But the signs are already good. 
5 to remember
una pastilla – a lozenge
aislado/a – isolated
dramáticamente – dramatically
durante las ultímas diez años – over the last 10 years
cerrado/a – enclosed
Notes on a Spanish Valley 
How exciting, your first crop of almonds. It’s lovely to see how character of a field changes with planting and new foliage. Here’s hoping that your ‘lozenge’ produces many almonds for you.
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Thx Lottie! A tree is for life… lots of almonds to come. 🙂 SD
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I hope you get lost of almonds this year! I LOVE almonds, my favourite snack, I keep them loose in my various handbags ( this isn’t a hint….) 🙂
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I eat almonds as a snack too. There’s a jar in the kitchen to dip into, mixed with those lovely dried plums from Mercadona! SD
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Nice! Good luck with that. How long before they grow almonds and you can harvest? Will you be staying in Spain forever then to watch your orchard grow?
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We should get almonds from this field to eat this year, we already harvest almonds from older trees elsewhere. I love the idea of staying here forever, but we’re not here full-time and this spring we missed the almond blossom. I love the almonds at this stage, soft and fuzzy! SD
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wow Sandra! your very own almond field 😀
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It’s not v big! About 14 trees, but when the trees are grown that’ll be a lot of almonds. More cake! SD
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the sound of it is so exciting……look forward for pics of the harvest 🙂
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