Hmmm, almonds. Here, we can stop and gather them for free. Of course, just the ones that are on the very edge of the road, or the one is in the park, etc...I have an almond tree too, but it's just a baby. We live in an area surrounded by acres and acres of almonds, it's the local agriculture here....I wonder if I could find a good deal? They sell them all over the place here, even the culls.
What did you say they cost you? Maybe our local market is less, and with shipping, it could save you to send you some from here, the source...Although they're so into themselves, it may cost MORE!!!
I dont usually pay for nuts. My husbands customers give them to us by the bag fulls during harvest season and I freeze them, and I make Christmas gifts with them to get rid of them from the freezer. Mostly they give us Walnuts though, really he only gets about 5 or 10 pounds of almonds a year if we want.
Let me know what you're paying again??? I'd love to help...Since I live right in the middle of the Almond Industry!! We just had the Almond Blossom bike run, etc...it's all about the nuts here!
Tina/tfpets