Kataru's love and pursuit of Farming

Farming is not easy, not pretty, not wildly profitable. And I had no prior experience; then, why did I even get into it? I believe I felt a connection. Plus the challenge excited me - To be a successful farmer nowadays, one has to be equal parts entrepreneur and agronomist. As I dug into it, I also found farming to be fulfilling. That's how I branched into agriculture, as the Sanskrit aphorism "Vriksho Rakshati Rakshitaha" (Trees, when protected, protect you) took on a new meaning for me.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time to take some snaps of the orchard!

Carpenter almond orchard:

Peach orchard at Whitmore ranch:

Eucalyptus tree at Whitmore ranch. This gotta be at least 100 years old.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Tipping at carpenter almond orchard

The branches you see down on the floor are intentionally cut down to relieve trees of undue stress and future balanced growth.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Thieves strike again at Carpenter and actually get something this time..

With apparently great effort, they breached the security of the shed and stole a Honda 4-wheeler we had in there. There was not much else of value in there and they apparently were not interested in anything else. We thought the lock mechanism was sufficient, but it wasn't.

We will be beefing up the shed security. There is a radio sending device on the Honda, and the sheriff has a helicopter up right now looking for a signal, so there is a remote chance we will recover the Honda. Let us pray for a miracle. Maybe they can catch the bad guys too. Needless to say, we are anxious to move ahead with the fence and lockup fence repair.

This only serves to remind us how important it is for someone to live on the orchard.