One reason I love them is that they outlive many fruit trees. They look ancient even in the spring , extending their branches ever higher 🌿

@Miram I’ve never seen eggs or little ones, but I am in some thick dense woods

@Miram @DrawntoaDistance The eggs will be buried in sandy soil most likely

@Jackaloftheazuresand That makes sense or holes, and I won't stick my arm inside no holes.

@SnickersDOM

Chemlal , sigoise, Spanish picual, turkish gemlik and ayvalik. The Spanish orchards are new and won't produce for couple of years. I am not sure it was wise to plant them but the trees were provided by the government and it is bit of an experimental phase.

Chemlals live for centuries. But I don't plant them in these same orchards. They have their own property and prefer higher aptitudes.

The trees in my pictures are almonds. Too bad no one could identify them 😪 I was hoping for comments from the middle east or southern europe to be able to.

@SnickersDOM Almonds flower beautifully. I will link a video here later.

Yes, it is a very old kabylian variety . We used to have entire forests of them. We plant in line with the environment. We don't wipe out green areas to turn them to agriculture zones. I mean most of us don't. We plant them according to available conditions. We pick plain fields , fix the soil and plant. Or plant in the forest itself.

We plant the olives higher to avoid flood damage, and yes, humidity changes.

For optimal production they do need spacing. They are very big trees.

You can still grow them though in smaller lands by training them and using high density agriculture. I did the same for a variety of cherries but sold that property last year.

California is beautiful, especially the red forest. You can plant almonds and even some types of olives there.

@SW-User Someone else needs to answer that so I know I am not the only tree nerd in this website.

@Miram

@Madmonk I would like to keep the answer a secret for few hours to see if anyone else can tell 👀