The Island is a huge producer of potatoes. I showed a newly planted field a couple of weeks ago and here is a field with a few weeks growth. I'll follow this in a couple of weeks with a field full of blossoming plants.
The Island is a huge producer of potatoes. I showed a newly planted field a couple of weeks ago and here is a field with a few weeks growth. I'll follow this in a couple of weeks with a field full of blossoming plants.
I like that you have included the car and house - you give me an opportunity to make up my own surrounding of the field...
Mary MacADNski: I'm so glad you noticed that. I thought of cropping but change my photos only when necessary. It shows how close these crops (which are sprayed with chemicals) are to peoples homes.
Potaoes and using every inch of land right up to the house. The owner must be of dutch origin.
My father-in-law farmed potatoes in holland before retirement. The only spraying they did there was to kill of the surface growth right before harvest. The old man refused to do that as he was sure that it influence the grade of the product negatively. He harvested by hand only.
These rows make for an excellent picture.
Mary MacADNski: Here every inch of available land is used for potatoes. They are extensively sprayed here. We have a lot of Dutch farmers but they grow tobacco and cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, etc) as a rule. Of course some grow potatoes but again, they're sprayed all summer long. Some farmers are growing organically, thank goodness.
thats the same field! my word things grow quickly there! super lines in this shot! Keen to see the flowering shot!
Mary MacADNski: That's not the same field as the first shot but it will remain the field I will follow. I took a shot on Saturday and you can barely see any red soil.
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