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San Diego's bees and ostriches
Spring cucumbers in Otay Mesa, Avocado-dense North County, 6 million chickens in San Diego, marijuana grows here Jan.-Dec.
In San Diego County a hive has to be located 100 feet from a road, 600 feet from a dwelling.
The cumulative hiss of thousands of wings
Mikolich moves bees to the Imperial Valley, for melon pollination, onion seed pollination, and alfalfa seed pollination. Hives there are usually set under “shades,” shelters that protect them from the sun. “I’ve been out in the fields,” Mikolich says, “when it’s been 125 degrees. Bees stop flying at 105 and go just for water, to keep the hive cool."
By Douglas Whyknott, May 15, 1997 Read full article
Could this be a pyramid scheme?
Long-necked bonanza
Stonebreaker got the call on Friday. He was told that 8 or 9 of the baby birds had died, and by Saturday morning, the number had climbed to 35. “They wanted me to come right then, but I was totally booked, and by the time I got done it was about 9:00 p.m.” Stonebreaker offered to leave Del Mar at 4:00 the next morning.
By Jeannette DeWyze, May 12, 1994 Read full article
The accretion of salts, which are already at high levels in the Colorado River water piped to San Diego, can become a problem in such soils.
Death of a growing season
“These plants are a little stubby for me,” he says, fingering the pea-green cucumbers already sprouting from the stalk. "These nodes are too close for comfort. You don’t want the fruit condensed together like this. You want them spread out on the vine, to make the most use of the water.”
By Neal Matthews, March 17, 1988 Read full article
The dark, bumpy Hass is ready in the late spring and summer, and the emerald-green Fuerte in the winter and early spring.
40 percent of U.S. avocados come from San Diego
Alternate bearing is particularly pronounced in the Fuerte variety, and for this reason North County growers are increasingly planting the Hass. The Hass is a relatively consistent bearer, and in addition, can produce up to twice as much fruit as the Fuerte. Its black, pebbly skin is thicker than that of the Fuerte, making it less susceptible to bruising and damage during shipment.
By Gordon Smith, Jan. 11, 1979 Read full article
He thinks of greenhouse pot with disdain. “Do they really think that General Electric can replace what it took mother nature millions of years to evolve?"
Grown in the sun, sold in the shade
The local product, which is sometimes called “red hair,” or “Fallbrook Red,” sells for somewhere between $1000 and $2400 per pound, depending on the quality, the local supply, and the quantity purchased. Given those prices, almost anybody with a green thumb and a big back yard could make simple gardening very profitable.
By Rollins Bybee, March 1, 1979 Read full article
John Pohoroff, Sr.: “They couldn’t believe that a chicken could live in a twelve-by-eighteen-inch compartment and lay eggs.”
Chickens and eggs, eggs and chickens
The chicks brooded in his father’s old hay barn. John Sr. constructed what may have been the first laying house made out of wire cages. “Poultrymen from miles around came to see my layers in cages, ” he proudly recalls. “They couldn’t believe that a chicken could live in a twelve-by-eighteen-inch compartment and lay eggs.”
By Manny Ramos, May 17, 1979 Read full article
Here's something you might be interested in.
San Diego's bees and ostriches
Spring cucumbers in Otay Mesa, Avocado-dense North County, 6 million chickens in San Diego, marijuana grows here Jan.-Dec.
San Diego's bees and ostriches
Spring cucumbers in Otay Mesa, Avocado-dense North County, 6 million chickens in San Diego, marijuana grows here Jan.-Dec.
In San Diego County a hive has to be located 100 feet from a road, 600 feet from a dwelling.
The cumulative hiss of thousands of wings
Mikolich moves bees to the Imperial Valley, for melon pollination, onion seed pollination, and alfalfa seed pollination. Hives there are usually set under “shades,” shelters that protect them from the sun. “I’ve been out in the fields,” Mikolich says, “when it’s been 125 degrees. Bees stop flying at 105 and go just for water, to keep the hive cool."
By Douglas Whyknott, May 15, 1997 Read full article
Could this be a pyramid scheme?
Long-necked bonanza
Stonebreaker got the call on Friday. He was told that 8 or 9 of the baby birds had died, and by Saturday morning, the number had climbed to 35. “They wanted me to come right then, but I was totally booked, and by the time I got done it was about 9:00 p.m.” Stonebreaker offered to leave Del Mar at 4:00 the next morning.
By Jeannette DeWyze, May 12, 1994 Read full article
The accretion of salts, which are already at high levels in the Colorado River water piped to San Diego, can become a problem in such soils.
Death of a growing season
“These plants are a little stubby for me,” he says, fingering the pea-green cucumbers already sprouting from the stalk. "These nodes are too close for comfort. You don’t want the fruit condensed together like this. You want them spread out on the vine, to make the most use of the water.”
By Neal Matthews, March 17, 1988 Read full article
The dark, bumpy Hass is ready in the late spring and summer, and the emerald-green Fuerte in the winter and early spring.
40 percent of U.S. avocados come from San Diego
Alternate bearing is particularly pronounced in the Fuerte variety, and for this reason North County growers are increasingly planting the Hass. The Hass is a relatively consistent bearer, and in addition, can produce up to twice as much fruit as the Fuerte. Its black, pebbly skin is thicker than that of the Fuerte, making it less susceptible to bruising and damage during shipment.
By Gordon Smith, Jan. 11, 1979 Read full article
He thinks of greenhouse pot with disdain. “Do they really think that General Electric can replace what it took mother nature millions of years to evolve?"
Grown in the sun, sold in the shade
The local product, which is sometimes called “red hair,” or “Fallbrook Red,” sells for somewhere between $1000 and $2400 per pound, depending on the quality, the local supply, and the quantity purchased. Given those prices, almost anybody with a green thumb and a big back yard could make simple gardening very profitable.
By Rollins Bybee, March 1, 1979 Read full article
John Pohoroff, Sr.: “They couldn’t believe that a chicken could live in a twelve-by-eighteen-inch compartment and lay eggs.”
Chickens and eggs, eggs and chickens
The chicks brooded in his father’s old hay barn. John Sr. constructed what may have been the first laying house made out of wire cages. “Poultrymen from miles around came to see my layers in cages, ” he proudly recalls. “They couldn’t believe that a chicken could live in a twelve-by-eighteen-inch compartment and lay eggs.”
By Manny Ramos, May 17, 1979 Read full article
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