Last year my husband and I purchased a 3 acre avocado grove next door to us. The property had been abandoned and was in foreclosure. What are we going to do with all these half dead avocado trees my husband asked me? We are going to nurse them all back and sell avocados I said! I went online and looked up how to care for avocado trees! Well, after lots of TLC it looks like my pipe dream is coming to reality! After a year of nursing these poor trees back to health, they are finally full of buds of hundreds of little avocados and the leaves are all green instead of brown!
Here are a few pictures I took today of some of the trees.
This is a vintage Smudge Pot! I have found 3 of them left on the property from the owners years ago. They are a oil burning device that is used to prevent frost on fruit trees. I have them in my garden as garden art! Aren't they fun looking?? 
I picked these yesterday off just one tree! Yum avocado dip for the Memorial Holiday weekend!
Here is a quick easy Avocado dip recipe!
3 ripe avocados
2-3 green onions, finely diced
1 medium tomato diced
Lime juice (I usually use 1/2 of lime)
1/2 cup chopped up Cilantro (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Tabasco or hot sauce to taste (optional)
Cut avocados in half and scoop out. Throw pit away. Mash up in bowl with fork.
Add diced tomato, diced green onions and chopped Cilantro. Add salt and pepper, lime juice, and Tabasco or hot sauce to taste. Grab some Tortilla chips and enjoy!
This Pink flowered Plate belonged to my Grandmother. 
A Pink glass Decanter that was once a wedding gift to my parents
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