This is a view of the Specklels, California sugar beet factory with the Santa Lucia range in the background. Occasional snow on the peaks is not unusual in winter, but this was taken a few days before the Spring Equinox. The sugar factory processed sugar beets from 1889 to 1982.
Posts Tagged: Farm Land
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May 10
Spreckels Sugar Factory and Snow on the Hills
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May 10
Strawberry Sunrise
This is a view of the sun rising behind the Gabilan Range in the Salinas Valley with light reflected from plastic covered rows that will be planted in strawberries. The rows are wrapped in black plastic and treated with Methyl Bromide, a pre-plant soil fumigant used to control diseases and pests in agriculture. Methyl Bromide use is being phased out in California. The plastic made a nice reflective surface for the light of the rising sun. November, 2004.
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May 10
Nashua Road Fields
Agriculture and farmers sustain us all. In this series of posts, I’ll share some images that are related to farming. This photograph is of fields ready for planting but still wet from Spring rains. These fields are near Nashua Road and Highway 1 near Castroville, California.