How about that .... they still work... good shot...monoloco - 2-28-2011 at 08:14 PM
Here's a close up:mcfez - 2-28-2011 at 08:29 PM
That is soooo cool! I being an farmer too....that is backbreaking work. Is this farm organic?acadist - 2-28-2011 at 08:40 PM
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Originally posted by mcfez
That is soooo cool! I being an farmer too....that is backbreaking work. Is this farm organic?
Depends on what you feed the assmonoloco - 3-1-2011 at 07:02 AM
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Originally posted by mcfez
That is soooo cool! I being an farmer too....that is backbreaking work. Is this farm organic?
Unfortunately, no, they spray the crap out of it.wessongroup - 3-1-2011 at 08:08 AM
That's a pretty good sized planting.... and looking pretty darn good... can't tell what it is... ??
How's irrigation work? and what materials do they use, if you know... just curious.. used to be in farming too.. still like to watch folks grow... and
the smells of harvest... especially first cut alfalfa... nothing better on an early morning ...monoloco - 3-1-2011 at 08:49 AM
That's basil Wiley, they use drip tape for irrigation and inject the fertilizer into the system. I love the smell of malathion in the morning. Not!shari - 3-1-2011 at 08:59 AM
wow, that's alot of pesto!!! nice looking ass & crop...too bad it's so toxic. Arent there lots of organic farms in todos santos though?wessongroup - 3-1-2011 at 09:37 AM
the larger the planting... the more "critters"...monoloco - 3-1-2011 at 05:20 PM
There are organic farms in the area. Fortunately, basil doesn't need to be sprayed that often, chiles are the worst, they spray them with really toxic
stuff about once a week. Just last month a local kid about 25 years old died from pesticide exposure, tragic, I watch the guys spraying in the morning
fully enveloped in a cloud, no protective gear.monoloco - 3-1-2011 at 06:01 PM
Here's another local crop:
Calla lilliesdtutko1 - 3-2-2011 at 06:04 AM
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Originally posted by shari
wow, that's alot of pesto!!! nice looking burro & crop...too bad it's so toxic. Arent there lots of organic farms in todos santos though?
Yes Shari, in fact the next farm over is organic. Except for when his neighbor is spraying and it's windy. Trader Joe's get alot of their herbs from
this area.wessongroup - 3-2-2011 at 06:42 AM
Thanks for the pictures mono ... pretty cool... see the drip line in the last photo...
Too bad about the spraying ... it does happen... and I was wondering .. about the chili's ... they really are hit hard... at least mine did last year
in El Pescador... they killed off my habanero... and really put a dent in the Anaheim and jalapenos ...
Had some lady bugs... that were helping out... along with some soap solution I made up... but, that was only three plants... not 40 acres... it gets a
bit harder to deal with the larger the grow... know ya, can go without spraying.... but, sometimes... it's really is the only thing left to save a
crop in some cases...monoloco - 3-2-2011 at 06:52 AM
They get a bug, they call it picuro or picudo, I'm not sure what the actual name is, they get under the skin of the chile and can ruin the whole crop.
