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Yucca (pronounced yoo-ka, or joo-ka), is a staple food on many tables of the world. You can find yucca on the dining tables in Central America, South America, Mexico, North America (Southwest & Southeast), Asia, Africa, and Australia. The plant grows from six to ten feet tall but the edible part is the root. This root is cooked and consumed much like a potato. Yucca is found in soups, main dishes

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They come in all varieties, sizes and colors. Central Americans consume them year round. At present we have six manzanas (10.38 acres) planted. Each manzana is in a different stage of growth. We will be harvesting our first crop in ten days.Our clients are requesting over 40,000 watermelons each a week. Here are some of the details I thought you might be interested in regarding the growing cycle

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Hi everyone,In case you are not a regular listener to Fox News you may have missed the story last week on the severe water shortage in California. The newscast explained that the Governor had a decision to make.Due to the extreme drought conditions it was necessary to divert 65% of the water that was earmarked for the San Joaquin Valley for crops to the residents of Southern California, or cut

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Wal-Mart is allowing us to deliver produce anytime day or night. They are excited to get vegetables that are so much fresher than what they have been getting in the past. We are working on a campaign together that will make us there featured provider. Sonsonate Valley Farms will be an exclusive label for Wal-Mart.Wal-Marts headquarters for receiving and shipping all produce is in Santa Tecla,

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Wal-Mart has strict standards for cucumbers. Cucumbers must be at least 11 1/2 inches. Any cucumbers that don't make the minimum we sell to Super Selectos. They have a market for smaller cucumbers. Both stores are very pleased with our quality of produce.Workers during picking season.Yep that's me in the middle of the cucumbers. The plants grow about five feet. One plant will produce about

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We set bamboo poles along the growing beds and string wire and twine for support. All of the bamboo is cut from some location on the farm, we have lots! The peppers will produce fruit for 16 weeks before they are pulled and replanted. One plant can produce anywhere from 50 - 125 peppers. One manzana with 9,300 plants will produce about 697,500 peppers.Green peppers at about 6 weeks old. We

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An inside look at sweet peppers growing. Notice that some seeds do not grow. This system allows us to make sure only growing plants go into the fields saving time, water, fertilizer and pesticides.This is our propagation (green house to grow starter plants from seeds) system. We refer to them as micro tunnels. Plants can grow here from two to six weeks.

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Waiting for things to grow.Plants or seeds are placed next to each drip point.Holes are cut at each drip irrigation point. A water & fertilizer mixture are put in each hole..Plastic is rolled out to reduce the weeds, save water, and control pests.

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After the beds have been created the drip system is installed. Each fruit or vegetable has it's own layout. This means that the plants are to be planted a specific distance from each other, and the drip system matches up with each plant. Some vegetables are able to share the same layouts. To be cost effective we make sure that crops are planned so the crop rotations are able to use the same

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After the ground has been worked this equipment creates the final planting bed.

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I am going to start putting up some pictures that have been taken over the last four months. I thought you might enjoy watching the process of the dairy farm and pastures transform into cultivated farm ground. After the plow and disc this equipment starts working the ground for the creation of planting beds. These beds are for the planting of both cucumbers, and green peppers (aka) sweet

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Hello investors,I have started this blog so we can keep everyone involved with the latest day to day information. Now instead of you waiting for me to send out monthly information I will be able to post here and you can check in at anytime to see the status of the farm. This will allow me to post recent pictures and explain without word limitations what is going on. I will try to post the most

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