RE: Fresh Avocado - Perfect, Heathy Superfood!
Indeed very healthy... we used to have 2.5 acres of hilly land with 300 avocado trees in Spain. It came with the property we bought that we renovated. It was fun to grow avocados in the beginning, we built a huge water tank of 100k liters capacity. The problem was we were not always in Spain as our stay there was just 6 months during the winter season. We had an automated irrigation combined with a fertilizer tool. We hired our neighbor to take care of the property. Having the plantation on a hilly plot is not easy, the costs to run didn't pay ..the labor was expensive, water is costly in Spain and besides, the job to control pipe leakage, prune the trees and cleaning the weeds were backbreaking job. We sold the property after 8 years of running it.. it was a very good experience, but we'd rather be enjoying the andalucian sun as retirees for health reasons.
Wow! What an experience!! Can understand how it can get very expensive to maintain such a huge grove. We have a backyard garden that produces quite a lot of tomatoes, herbs, etc...we tried to sell them but the prices are so low it wasn't worth the effort! Now we give in 'trade' to local restaurants in exchange for fabulous dinners!!
Thanks for sharing your story - would love to hear more and see pictures if you have any! Should make a post :)
Yes, I would do that.. it's a bit hectic nowadays because we're going again to Spain on the 25th and will stay til beginning of Feb.. it's getting cold in Vienna and I' m suffering from my athritis.. hehehe..
Enjoy!!!
And oh...the price to sell our harvest had been tough too. As a farmer you get between $0.50 -$0.80 a kilo depending on the whole region's harvest of the season.... the middlemen in the coop get the big cut because they sell it to supermarket at a higher price.