Chris Sayer

@pettyranch

Day to day observations of an avocado and lemon farmer. Origin story: , Navy pilot & Silicon Valley before returning to the family farm.

Ventura County, CA
Vrijeme pridruživanja: prosinac 2011.

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  1. prije 5 sati

    Red flush growth on is very susceptible to frost damage. Seeing how healthy our young trees look gives me confidence that we escaped injury last night.

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  2. prije 8 sati

    Temps dropped right to freezing last night, but it doesn't appear that they fell low enough to harm the . Irrigation makes for dramatic icicles this morning .

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  3. prije 15 sati

    32.2F at 11PM. Water is running to protect the young trees.

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    prije 18 sati

    A severe frost or freeze may kill an avocado tree, especially if temperatures fall and remain below 30 degrees F. Frost damage is evidenced by brown and curly leaves, short discolored twigs and discolored fruit. Below you will see how damaged fruit looks like from the inside.

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  5. prije 19 sati

    Tonight was supposed to be warmer, but 39 and dropping before 7:30 suggests I might not be getting uninterrupted sleep tonight. Wool socks laid out. protection,

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  6. 4. velj

    92nd annual meeting for Associates Insectary. Only producer of beetles in North America.

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  7. 4. velj

    Associates Insectary is a grower owned co-op providing IPM services. We've been doing it a while.

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  8. 4. velj

    A brisk 34.2 degrees at sunrise according to the orchard thermometer. Not enough to bother these Meyer lemons.

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  9. 3. velj

    Feeling much better after undoing Saturday's bath.

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  10. 3. velj

    Rogue cilantro growing in our . California agriculture is different.

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    this is one the hardest things i think culinary writing doesnt grok — how seasonality shifts through growing zones, and what may be in place at one geography doesnt always grok in another.

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  12. 3. velj

    Start of a busy week: irrigating lemons, harvesting Meyer lemons, possible frost protection tonight for the , IPM co-op annual meeting. Always something to do.

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  13. 3. velj

    Watch me now. And give me treats.

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    3. velj

    It would take 6.6 Trillion Michelob Ultra 6 packs to convert all the farmland in America to organic using the "6 for 6 Pack" program.

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  15. 2. velj

    Fun fact: Super Bowl, a very American "holiday" is largely supported by avocados from Mexico. California avocados have their big day on Cinco De Mayo.

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  16. 2. velj

    is the biggest day of the year for consumption, but ours are safely tucked away on the trees. They will be bigger and better in a few months.

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  17. 1. velj

    Pearl and Phoebe nap off a hard afternoon bath.

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  18. 31. sij

    2 approaches to orchard floor biomass: mulch (L), covercrop (R). We prefer to build our own w/ , but mulch allows for equipment access. The seem happy either way. (But why is it 80 degrees?)

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  19. 31. sij

    A break from my typically fruit-centric posts. Grateful that social media makes it possible to stay in touch with old friends.

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  20. 31. sij

    Feb 5 '91: Patrol Squadron 19 was getting ready to return from Misawa, Japan when we got word that the unit would be shutdown. Flights were cancelled and a "wake" for "Big Red" was held. Thoughts: 1) Jesus, I was young! 2) Someone had a camera, which we now take for granted.

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