PistachioLand: Sustainable Farming Practices
Posted by Clarissa McGinn on Mar 8th 2024
Farming in the desert, even a desert crop like pistachios, can be challenging at best. The soil is a reddish-brown clay, rocky, caliche ground which water does not penetrate easily. We utilize drip irrigation to augment the minimal 6 inches of annual rainfall. Unwanted weeds pop up wherever a drop o
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