We took a drive out through Dome Valley, with Bill and Thelma, to look at the farm land. This is a newly planted field that they are irrigating. I can't tell you for sure what is planted here, but it could be a variety of leaf lettuce.
Here's a field of Romain. These fields are beautiful and as you can see they go on as far as the eye can see. This is why this area is called the "lettuce bowl" of America.
This is a newer field with the plants just coming up, but you can see the more mature fields in the background.
We came upon a huge field that was all covered. We could see small plants underneath, but couldn't tell what they were.
We saw some workers, so pulled over to talk with them. This man was mending the cover, but another worker told us that there were watermelon plants under the covers. He told us they keep the covers on for about 3 months. It is a good thing too, as we had some freezing weather this last week. Imagine the time and work it takes to set up these mini greenhouses and then take them down again. Many hours I'm sure.
This is John Deer country and we saw this worker preparing the field for planting.
Here's a field of Romain. These fields are beautiful and as you can see they go on as far as the eye can see. This is why this area is called the "lettuce bowl" of America.This is a newer field with the plants just coming up, but you can see the more mature fields in the background.We came upon a huge field that was all covered. We could see small plants underneath, but couldn't tell what they were.We saw some workers, so pulled over to talk with them. This man was mending the cover, but another worker told us that there were watermelon plants under the covers. He told us they keep the covers on for about 3 months. It is a good thing too, as we had some freezing weather this last week. Imagine the time and work it takes to set up these mini greenhouses and then take them down again. Many hours I'm sure.
This is John Deer country and we saw this worker preparing the field for planting.
