Today is a day off, so i headed out towards Santa Cruz to see how they grow vegetables around here. The scale is just as grand as they do almonds, olives, pomegranate and apple trees here in Madera. Above is a picture of a raspberry field, what you don't is that is stretches forever and on the opposite side of the road, it does the same thing. Below, is a organic, high density dwarf apple tree orchard. The trees are only 4 feet high, planted in a double row and the next row is only about 6 feet away. There is no need for ladders for pruning or picking!
This was the most incredible thing i saw........... the amount of black plastic mulch laid out in these fields. I really don't know how to explain how gigantic the scale of their production is compared to what we do back in PA. It's just huge!!!!!
