Season’s Greetings to All and to All a Good Season

The holidays are upon us and we’ll be joining farmers, friends and other followers in taking time off to celebrate the season.

Field scouts Jenna Horine and Carlos Silva wrote up a holiday wish list for the New Year: a good supply of water, few pest problems, healthy population of bees, nice planting and growing conditions, safety for all workers and an early, bountiful harvest.

 As we wish everyone a joyous holiday season, we’d like leave you with what we call

The Twelve Days of Harvest

On the first day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

A pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the second day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the third day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the fourth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the fifth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the sixth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the seventh day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the eighth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Eight Modules making

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

 On the ninth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Nine gins ginning

Eight Modules making

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the tenth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Ten cotton pickers pickin’

Nine gins ginning

Eight Modules making

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the eleventh day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Eleven drip lines irrigating

Ten cotton pickers pickin’

Nine gins ginning

Eight Modules making

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

On the twelfth day of harvest

My farmer sent to me

Twelve best management practices

Eleven drip lines irrigating

Ten cotton pickers pickin’

Nine gins ginning

Eight Modules making

Seven almond trees a shaking

Six sweepers sweeping

Five golden almonds

Four cotton bales

Three alfalfa fields

Two bee boxes

And a pest control advisor in a Chevy truck

Happy 2015!