Beware the Almond Rustlers
A number of years ago, we purchased a small Haas avocado ranch on the central coast of California on which we had planned to build a home from which we could watch the sunset on the Pacific and eat a lot of guacamole. First one thing and then another interfered with our plans (mostly the obstructive, hostile posture of the local county planning board) and after several frustrating and expensive years of wrangling with them, we finally sold the property. It was our first foray into the world of agriculture and an eye-opening foray it was.