There is a lot of farming in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. We have enjoyed driving around the countryside and seeing how things are done "on the farm" here in South Texas. We took a Farm Tour with
Viva Mexico on Friday. We had a great Mexican guide, full of lots of knowledge, as we visited a farm in Texas and one in Mexico. Many crops are grown in this area. One of them is sugar cane, and here they are burning off the access grass during harvest.
This is a field of onions and they are irrigated from the Rio Grand River.
Alfalfa is gown in small plots and they get 14 cuttings off of each field a year.
This field is prepared for planting cantaloupe into the plastic.
All irrigation water comes out of the Rio Grand River and is mixes with "whatever" before it is run onto the fields.
The ever present Border patrol pickup, in southern Texas.
The comfortable bus that was used for the trip. We enjoyed the front seat.
We went to a cattle auction. Wilbur enjoyed the local cattle.
We are entering the bridge that will take us accross the river into Mexico.
The farm in Mexico had lots and lots of climate controlled buildings to raise tomatoes, which are sold all over Texas.
The tomatoes are sorted and then shipped by semi to stores.
Our last stop was at a boot factory, where they make boots to order. As you can see, I am on crutches. I hurt my tendon two weeks ago and they splinted the right foot and put me on crutches for a few weeks.
Yes, Wilbur could not resist.
We saw some common seed corn names along the road side.
John Deere tractors are by far the most popular and we saw many working in the fields. Crops are grown 12 months of the year.
I had to add this goat picture, they look so much like the meat goats we used to raise. I miss them a little bit.
We see many fields of cabbage, both the red and green.
There is a lot of farming in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. We have enjoyed driving around the countryside and seeing how things are done "on the farm" here in South Texas. We took a Farm Tour with Viva Mexico on Friday. We had a great Mexican guide, full of lots of knowledge, as we visited a farm in Texas and one in Mexico. Many crops are grown in this area. One of them is sugar cane, and here they are burning off the access grass during harvest.
This is a field of onions and they are irrigated from the Rio Grand River.
Alfalfa is gown in small plots and they get 14 cuttings off of each field a year.
This field is prepared for planting cantaloupe into the plastic. 
All irrigation water comes out of the Rio Grand River and is mixes with "whatever" before it is run onto the fields.
The ever present Border patrol pickup, in southern Texas.
The comfortable bus that was used for the trip. We enjoyed the front seat.
We went to a cattle auction. Wilbur enjoyed the local cattle.
We are entering the bridge that will take us accross the river into Mexico.
The farm in Mexico had lots and lots of climate controlled buildings to raise tomatoes, which are sold all over Texas.
The tomatoes are sorted and then shipped by semi to stores.
Our last stop was at a boot factory, where they make boots to order. As you can see, I am on crutches. I hurt my tendon two weeks ago and they splinted the right foot and put me on crutches for a few weeks.
Yes, Wilbur could not resist.
We saw some common seed corn names along the road side.
John Deere tractors are by far the most popular and we saw many working in the fields. Crops are grown 12 months of the year.
I had to add this goat picture, they look so much like the meat goats we used to raise. I miss them a little bit.
We see many fields of cabbage, both the red and green.
