A visit to a Strawberry farm.

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But now hold on, as there was an interesting surprise waiting for us.
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Can you see what I saw? Those were not the same strawberry plants that we saw here last year? Or maybe it was different strawberry plants.

I was non plussed, as we have visited the farm several times during the strawberry seasons and never has it looked like this. Normally the lanes of strawberry plants have long black plastic covers on in order to keep the moisture in, but no plastic covers could be seen here. So I stopped the car and decided to wait in order to see what was going on.
Come and let's have a look.

And what would a tractor be doing in a strawberry field?
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Some sections of the land were still under irrigation.
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And no, strawberries are certainly not picked like this, as normally they use buckets. The bags would crush the strawberries.
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The site manager was keeping an eye on things :)
It is a Fiscal and he was watching for insects that the workers disturb in the plants.
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The irrigation pipes ran far and wide over the land.
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And then it was time to load and to go. Without me knowing what was in the bags!
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Only joking as here was the answer. I asked a guy to show me what was in the bags and as you can see, it was beans.
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Apparently to restore the soil content beans are planted, as the plants have the ability to absorb acids from the ground that are harmful to strawberry plants. I heard that it was called crop rotating and that it replenishes the soil. When all of the beans are harvested, a tractor will be used to plow the plants back into the soil and they replace the nitrogen content of the soil. Farming is certainly not just a plant and harvest situation, as there are many intricacies involved for the delivery of continued prime crops.

Just two lovely landscape shots below to show you as we left the farm.

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The lands were all harvested and resting. Only until the spring season next year after our winter.
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Oh yes, we learn something new almost every day and my interest is because I have a dream to own a small piece of land one day. To build a little cottage for us on the land and to grow our own food. We will also have a small coffee shop on the land where our crops will be on sale to the public. All organic of course and a percentage of the crops will go for free to the poor in the community.
Only a dream at this stage, but one never knows what the future holds in store for all of us.
Do you have a dream? What are your passions and what would be your own ultimate dream?
Come and tell me below.

I hope that you enjoyed the story and the pictures.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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That must have been a weird experience finding something different than strawberry plants. But learned something new here as well, didn't know that farmers sometimes have to change crops to improve the soil. Thanks for sharing!

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Yeah, I am an inquisitive guy and afterwards I vaguely remembered that we were taught that in the geography classes at school a long time ago.
Glad that you could learn something new.
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I have not seen any strawberry farms in my entire life, even though our country has one famous strawberry farm. Just like what you have shared, most of the farmers in our country also plant different crops according to what's perfect for the season.

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I haven't seen a strawberry farm since and I hope I can someday. Oh we call it Baguio beans here, it is being put in bihon and other food.

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I also hope that you can visit a strawberry farm some day as it is a great experience.
Great that you also know the beans.

!PIZZA

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Las leguminosas son muy nobles y se dan rápidamente. y obviamente, al cosechar todo lo que se pueda, las enredaderas se recogen para un compost y en menos de 30 días tener abono orgánico para terminar de preparar la tierra para recibir nuevo cultivo. Un cultivo bastante erosionador de la tierra es una gramínea que se consume mucho en el mundo: maíz. Por eso se rotan los cultivos, para devolver nutrientes la tierra.
Saludos y bendiciones.

Leguminous plants are very noble and they grow quickly, and obviously, after harvesting all that can be harvested, the vines are collected for composting and in less than 30 days we have organic fertilizer to finish preparing the soil to receive a new crop. A crop that is quite erosive of the soil is a grass that is widely consumed in the world: corn. That is why crops are rotated, to return nutrients to the soil.
Greetings and blessings.

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Thank you for the nice descriptive message and that is the way that I also understand crop rotation now.
Greetings and blessings also to you.

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I don't know much about farming but behind my house is a field. It is rotated every year from beans to corn. I have thought about building a garden box to grow some plants this year. What to grow I haven't given much thought

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Yep, that is what crop rotation is swopping from beans to corn. There is a lot of advice available for garden box planting and maybe you should Google it.

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Well the beans looked primo and should bring in some good nutrition for the next round of strawberries. Your dream of a cottage and piece of land is a wonderful goal. It will be your own little slice of peace.

The little piece of land I already have, but it contains a small shabby house. I am making the best of that little house until the land is nearly paid off, then I will have a cottage built and that is my dream!

!LUV

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Yep, know I know why their strawberries are so nice every season.
That's the idea and to convert the peace of land into a real haven.

At least you have the land already and I love your idea of first paying the land off before you build your own little love nest.
!PIZZA

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I don't know why I always fail to grow strawberries at home. I buy small saplings from the nursery and after few days they die.

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Now I am no expert in regard to growing strawberries, but I have seen that they cover the plantings with plastic sheets and I presume that is to retain the moisture in the soil. Maybe you should try that.
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