17/02: Old MacDonald Had a Farm.....
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Well we didn't make it Old MacDonald's farm but we did go on a farm tour. The trip wasn't quite as advertised but it was OK especially lunch.
On the road in Mexico.
The farm in Mexico grew a variety of vegetables. By the looks of the buildings and sign it's not a prosperous farm.
There were rows of corn, cabbage, cilantro, swiss chard, beets, carrots plus a number of vegetables we didn't recognize.
Proof Ed was on the trip.
The farm also had it's own graveyard. There were fancy headstones, wooden crosses and lots of flowers.
The vegetable stand --- don't think anyone bought anything though the guide said we could bring a number of the items across the border.
A primary school near the farm.
After lunch we went to the Aloe farm in Mercedes. Ed and I had been here a couple of years ago. The owner makes sand bottles and sells them around the world.
One of the fields of aloe. The below freezing temperatures earlier this year "burnt" the tips of the aloe. We were told that it would take about 6 months for the aloe to recover. The aloe farm has an avocado grove that was devastated by the below freezing temperatures. I think they lost about 50% of the crop, but they are happy as it looks like the trees survived and will hopefully bear fruit next year. The fellow giving the outdoor tour has a citrus fruit farm and he says his crop was not affected by the frost. Apparently, the citrus fruits can survive a short amount of time below freezing where the aloe and avocado trees cannot.
On the road in Mexico.
The farm in Mexico grew a variety of vegetables. By the looks of the buildings and sign it's not a prosperous farm.
There were rows of corn, cabbage, cilantro, swiss chard, beets, carrots plus a number of vegetables we didn't recognize.
Proof Ed was on the trip.
The farm also had it's own graveyard. There were fancy headstones, wooden crosses and lots of flowers.
The vegetable stand --- don't think anyone bought anything though the guide said we could bring a number of the items across the border.
A primary school near the farm.
After lunch we went to the Aloe farm in Mercedes. Ed and I had been here a couple of years ago. The owner makes sand bottles and sells them around the world.
One of the fields of aloe. The below freezing temperatures earlier this year "burnt" the tips of the aloe. We were told that it would take about 6 months for the aloe to recover. The aloe farm has an avocado grove that was devastated by the below freezing temperatures. I think they lost about 50% of the crop, but they are happy as it looks like the trees survived and will hopefully bear fruit next year. The fellow giving the outdoor tour has a citrus fruit farm and he says his crop was not affected by the frost. Apparently, the citrus fruits can survive a short amount of time below freezing where the aloe and avocado trees cannot.