I didn't go to Lombardi Ranch this October and now that they are finished with their Fall festivities, an article comes out which addresses the subject of the drought. It speaks of how bad the drought has made Mr. Lombardi's Ranch this year.
The bottom line is that he had to make a decision and so he stopped watering the corn (and thus lost 95 percent of it) in order to save the pumpkin crop. He knew that the local children wouldn't care about the corn, but they came for the pumpkins and would be expecting to see them.
I went searching for photos of Lombardi Ranch and I found a photo of the Farm Stand stocked with corn, from 2 years ago. After seeing this photo, I am now doubly sad to hear this. Look at all that corn!
You can read the entire article about the situation, with quotes from Mr. Lombardi, HERE.
To me the lose of the Corn, over the Pumpkins is more of a lose since I eat the corn all Summer long but I do not do anything with the Pumpkins. So sad :-(
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you...but I don't think the children would. :-)
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