More and more fruit farmers are paying out from their own pockets private security guards to watch over their tropical-fruit orchards.
When Your Crop’s Not Safe
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for avocado
Wind Damage to Avocado Crop
by Vivienne Hughes •
The strong winds around the middle of December played havoc with the avocado crop along the Costa Tropical, causing important losses.
Cázulas Fire Updated
by Martin Myall •
I’ve spent most of the day up in Otívar and managed to glean quite a lot.
Cázulas Fire, Otívar
by Martin Myall •
A blaze that originated next to the Cázulas area of the municipality of Otívar broke out last night. The fire began near the entrance to Cázulas itself.
Woman Caught Stealing Avocados
by Martin Myall •
The Motril Policia Local arrested a woman who had allegedly stolen 14 kilos of avocados from an orchard.
Japan and Subtropical Fruit
by Martin Myall •
A Japanese film crew have been in La Herradura for a documentary on subtropical fruit in Spain. They have been visiting Finca San Ramón. and filming chirimoya, mango, guayaba, avocado, carambola and papaya plantations
Carambolo Controversy
by Editor •
The first avocado trees to be planted on the coast of Andalucia – in the whole of Spain, were planted by a German in Almuñécar in the 1950’s He had toured the entire coast before settling for a small hillside overlooking the Rio Verde valley, which at the time was covered in sugar cane.
Counting the Blessings
by Martin Myall •
Whatever is covered later on in the Almuñécar section, it is probably a good idea to take a stock check of what we have. You see, it doesn’t matter whether you came here 40, 30, 20, 10, or just 5 years ago – Almuñécar is still very much a privileged place to live in.