We are in Surprise, AZ which is about 25 minutes from Duffey’s mothers house in Sun City. On the way to her house we pass subdivisions and farm fields. If the land is not fertile then it is a subdivision. Today we saw the huge fields of kohlrabi being picked. Next to this field are mammoth fields of carrots, immense fields of radishes, and tremendous fields of roses! None of the fields have fences and they all have one side with a water ditch for irrigation. To water they take a 6 foot length of hose and pump it in the ditch water and when the water is siphoned into the hose lay it in the irrigation row.When it is time to stop the water the hose is removed and left laying there to use the next time. We were told that there isn’t a need for fencing because the fields are constantly being watched and it is dangerous to try to enter the field or touch the hoses! It is so dry here that when the fields are being plowed it is like dirt powder in the air and without much air movement it is very hard to breathe.
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