How Do Avocado Farmers Spend Their Work Day?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- After a long 2 year battle with illness my wife is finally back on her feet and helping me tend our avocado grove. We grow all kinds of tropical fruit such as avocado, mango, mamey, sapodilla, caimito, and monstera deliciosa. We had a great day working in the avocado farm!
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You and your wife just displayed what character really is, what comes out under distress, troubles, crisis and pressures. You three are more valuable then your weight in gold. God is proud and only blessing will come, you passed the test! ❤ Bill
thank you Bill
Have gotten all the last shipment of Avocados you sent me, to ripen finally and have started cutting them open. These Avocados are the best mate. Thanks Tom ~
Thanks for the feedback. Me and my wife are enjoying at least one per day. I wish we had them year round.
Your health is something people take for granted ! Great to see you on your way to recovery !!!
So true, we suffered a house fire then a month later she was in the hospital, then sick and trying to recover for two years. It's amazing how both of us have changed in attitude since those events.
I am so grateful for you and your beautiful, healthy wife
thank you I appreciate your comment.
She gives that innocent magic to your videos.
Love u both so much! ❤
Thank you Serguei
Ya'll have a wonderful farm. Happy find out your wife has recovered from what she was dealing with. Learned about a bunch of different avocados.
Yo Ben! How you doing? Keep your pics coming. Your new place looks amazing!
I always learn something on this channel. Always!
So happy Noe is feeling better and able to get out on the farm. I can only imagine what a frightening time it was for all of you.
Thank you Nena. It was a double whammy because she became ill at the same time we were living in a hotel because we'd been burned out of the house. One day everything is normal then a minute later you're saying to yourself dang this is what it feels like to watch your house burn down then a month later we're rushing to the hospital. Anyhow, enough doom and gloom from me 🤣
I always look forward to your comments.
@@SleepyLizard I hate that such bad thing have happened to y y'all. May there always be brighter days ahead.
What's up Tom both of you guys looks good in the video and also you care about your wife as well 🙂👍 great job well done bro
Thanks for the compliment Here
You're most welcome brother Tom I'm going to ask you something that you might find me crazy Tom it'is possible for you to import a avacado plant ☘️ queen New York or cherry hill New Jersey my relative live down there Tom you know why I am asking from you this plant ☘️ because I really want to get avacado plant from you which you hud graft with your own hands if this comes realty I will be the lucky person to get a avacado plant from you if you say Yes it is possible for you to import the location I hud mantion please let me know the cost of plant ☘️ which I'm going to purchase from you and the corrier service charges please let me know that you're good friend from India
Hi mr genius happy Holy Thursday to you and your lovely wife, glad she's back on her feet again in terms of good health. I am viewing!! This guy is full of glamor and excitement!
me too
I hope nohe and your avocado trees will never get sick again!!
Xuan, thank you so much. I will pass on your message to Nohe and the trees.
You guys make avocado farming look cool. Glad that she's doing better. Keep making these videos. I always look forward to them.
Thx vt
It's one of the coolest things you can do 😎
Love you guys. Love this channel. Thanks for all the helpful knowledge and wisdom.
thank you John.
I'm so happy for her! I too have been battling an illness for 2 years still not sure what it is. Can't wait to get my energy back so I can go out and play with my avocado trees.
don't give up. It was a battle for her.
Glad to see her included. She looks vibrant and is a charming lady. Hope she feels better soon. Love your videos.
Thank you, Troy. She seems to be on a very positive trajectory and we hope it continues.
You don't only know how to pick a beautiful avocado but you only know how to choose a beautiful woman, she's very good as well, good luck❤👌
thank you, I will pass on your kind words
Nothing worse than having a loved one sick, but you have been strong Tom and gave her support. Good man. When she gets stronger maybe she can give you another fishing lesson. Those were fun videos!
Steve, we been out a few times last week. She got her first tarpon but it wasn't a big one.
@@SleepyLizard Outstanding!
Glad your wife is doing better, I always learn so much on your channel.
thank you innerjon. She's actually at the gym right now which is a miracle considering 6 months ago she couldn't walk from the bedroom to the kitchen. Second chance.
She is beautiful! May God bless her!!
Thank you Joujou, we almost lost her
I had put a comment on another video asking how you harvest, and 30 seconds later I find this video, so now I know and nice to see that your wife is happy and healthy again.
wow, that's funny, thanks for your comments.
Amazing to watch and learn so many details. Prayers sent for your continuous thriving! Your knowledge and life experience is priceless!! Thank you!! (From ON Canada)
Thank you TheRonmaki!
What a lovely couple ❤❤, I love all your vlogs, I love avocados 🥑 ❤️ and I love you 😍 ❤. Subscriber from the Philippines 🇵🇭 ❤️ 😊
thank you. we just did a vid together the other day. it'll be posted next week.
What a good teacher you are sir
thank you Flossie
Wow! So great to see Nohe feeling better!!! Thanks for showing how you pick the Avacados!! They are delicious, we just had one for our dinner tonight!!!❤
Thanks mom. 😍
You are my best friend on internet now. :) I wish I can visit your farm one day
thank you. I take that as a compliment.
Glad she's better, she's adorable
thank you so much. we are glad too.
Hello Noe & Tom: Very happy to see Noe finally up and about. Sorry to hear about her difficulties glad she has overcome those issues. Now that you have a helper in the grove with you, take it slowly so she can regain her strength. just glad she is able to move about beginning her physical strength.
Next time you come she'll be with us.
@@SleepyLizard That sounds wonderful!
Very nice I just finished ur video I wish good health of ur wife,orchards and your love of each other Thanks
thanks Joginder. I appreciate you watching such a long vid and also leaving a comment.
Wow, my appreciation towards you has grown even more after watching this video. What a great couple you are! I just love this channel! Wishing all the best to you and your family. Thanks for what you are doing.
T Bo, I'm so glad I got to read your comment this morning. You got my day off to a great start!
I am soooooo happy you are doing better
me too
Learned a lot about different avocados 🥑 thank you take care of your wife God Bless 🙏 ❣🙃
Thanks Frozen. Woke be long and our spring varieties will be back. I'll do a vid on them too.
Bless your wife! I am so happy to hear she is doing much better! You guys are awesome!
Thank you Joe. It was a tough two years.
Loved it. So happy for you both. Keep up the good work. Best of health and happiness.
thanks for the encouragement Eddy!
Glad your wife is doing better. These videos are awesome. Wish I could help picking fruit looks fun
Thank you C los, and yes it is a lot of fun and keeps me in shape.
Nice ... I enjoyed this one... Good health to both of you
Thank you Michael
God bless both you 🙏
thank you.
how cool although Im climbing arborist , I so enjoy the small jobs that my wife works with me , what joy working with the one partner that we care for so much. plus my wife is pretty awesome. so I pay her because she earns it tree trimming can be very labor intensive.
Dang, I think Nohe might be able to manage the pole saw but I don't think she could even life my chainsaw 🤣
@@SleepyLizard she can bring the fuel n oil that's always a big help haha
Sorry to hear about the illness, glad to see you guys are recovering. And thanks for sharing a little bit with us. Hopefully in the future you can share more about your illness and what you did to get better.
Pierre, we will. Covid did damage to her vagus nerve and it took about 20 months for the doctors to discover it and another 4 for the medication to do it's job. I'm not saying the doctors missed anything, rather that it took that long for the medical community to learn the virus caused this kind of damage.
I'd been working 16 hour shifts and had missed any videos about your wife being sick. I'm glad she's feeling better. Thank you for another great video. I'll order a box in the morning. Just got off work. Enjoy your evening.
Abe, thanks for the comment. I don't think we mentioned it in any videos. Not that we were trying to hide it or anything...more of a stiff upper lip kind of reaction to the difficulty...we also had a fire displace us from our house for 7 months so she had to spend the first 6 months of her illness in a cramped hotel that we were living in until they fixed the house. The channel and working in the farm served as an escape for us.
Been waiting for a day in the life video!!!!! Thank you and Glad Noe is better, God bless!
Doug, I'm glad you liked it. This CZcams thing is a mystery, very difficult to predict what people will watch and what they'll skip.
What a beautiful way to live. I’m jealous.
thank you.
"That idiot was me" HAHAHAHA
As they say honesty is the best policy 🤣
@@SleepyLizard You've said it, sir 💪😎👌
She’s so beautiful and sweet
thanks Viv
So good to see Nohe getting better
Thank you Josh. We all hope it's behind her now.
@@SleepyLizard FINE look'n lady.
@@SleepyLizard hope so too
@@Mrbfgray the type of vid you can watch with the sound off. 😎
@@SleepyLizard Nah...I'm here for your style, attitude and info. 😀 She is a valuable addition however. Both of you make me smile.
Awesome video I felt like I was in a college class! I never get to see how things are really done on a larger scale, rather than a backyard. My next project os to buy acreage!
it's the greatest.
Florida. Sunny, warm, nice. Winter has hit us in Poland. 🥶 It won't be warm until March. 👍👍👍
Ra, I remember growing up in PA and this time of year we are just getting used to the cold and snow and ice. Beautiful time of year but I prefer the warm sunny weather we have here.
@@SleepyLizard 👍👍👍
Love your channel keep it up
I appreciate the encouragement, thank you
So true bro
Really enjoyed this video. We can learn along side of your wife. Great idea to film. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝
Thank you Nancy.
Awesome. I saw hats like hers in Colombia 👍
Mike, yeah that's a Colombian style hat. Very observant.
Awesome work NOE !!!! u are a BOSS ladie good move her @TOM nice to see her feel better now !!! cheers my friends and i go to see YOU in the next video ahahah one love my homie !!!
Hey Rimm, I'll pass on your encouraging words to Nohe.
@@SleepyLizard Much love my dear
How I would love to do what you. No! I am not fooled that life is easy, but life is more rewarding. I cannot think of anything more important anymore in my life in 2022. There are times in your videos that things come across so damn funny. Like 'If the ball doesn't fit in the hole, then it's time to stop it from hanging" at least that was my naughty thought at the time.
Yep, you nailed it. It's a very rewarding lifestyle and we have the most interesting friends and neighbors. It's a great lifestyle. I try to be just a little funny if I can 😂
@@SleepyLizard If I lived or ever come over there on holiday in the future, I will be sure to make sleepy lizard farm a must destination. Love this channel
Great video!!!!
Thank you Miguel.
Amazing- inspiring clips. Thanks for sharing a bit of your life with the Net. I would love to start a transition to move from Corp Office as well. It seems tough. Finding the right land and the wait time to have trees producing. All advice is great. Love your videos.
Thank you Victor.
GOD did Heal you and he is always good
it strikes me as inefficient for an all powerful being to make somebody sick then heal them. Why not just prevent the illness in the first place?
Just got my box of Monroes a couple days ago! Thanks!!
Paul, I appreciate the support. Thank you for your purchase.
Este video es tierno.
Gracias.
He’s not like a pro he IS a pro. 😂
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Is it just me or does the main trunk of the infected tree look SUPER green
yes the bark of avocados trees is a greenish brown.
I didn't know there was a size requirement. Will the avocado grow bigger?
the size indicates that it is ripe. yes the longer you wait the bigger it grows...to a limit of course.
question mr sleepy lizard guy. If people pay for the avocados by weight why dont you wait longer to pick the fruit. longer = more weight = more money right? is it a labour issue because you cant pick them all at once? Great video, Thank you!
Thank you for your question. Each variety has a season. The season last about 90 days and we picked them from biggest to smallest. They hit their max size in that season. For example, once my chow cats at 3 pounds they’re pretty much done they’re not gonna grow to four. But if I wait too long, then they’re out of season and they taste sour. For that reason we pick each variety within its designated time of the year.
@@SleepyLizard makes alot of sense, much love and thanks for teaching us everything there is to know about what you do.
Is that his wife!?!!?!? No way!!!!!
you should see his girlfriend.
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I think the guys think your wife is cute bro
S*** it's good for the channel
And have a good day my avocado friend
I think you might be right 🤣
Hello dear m ur fan
thanks for reaching out Jodinger. Do you like to eat avocados?
@@SleepyLizard yes of course I hv one avocado tree trying to go seedlings
@@joginderpal555 oh yes!! grow yer own.
You are going to make me cry too! Omg! Noe? How to spell? 💖🥑
Ok the ending made me ugly cry. I hope you are feeling better soon, its great to see you back at work. I know its a good feeling 💖🥑💖
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thank you. It really is great to have her back on her feet.
Y'all make such a cute couple! So glad she is on the mend. Wow!!! What a time you've both been through. My heart goes out to you both. Thank you for the tutorial on avocado harvest. Everyone needs to know where their food comes from and the work it takes. Love your videos 💞
Hi Tom great video been watching your channel for some time. I need to try your Florida avocados. I’m a hobbyist Avo farmer with about 50 trees in San Jose CA east Foothills and 20 trees at my parents place in Vista North San Diego county. My main question is can anybody in Florida get avocados to produce year round? For us the combination Hass-Reed-Fuerte is unbeatable for year round Harvest. If you add in Lamb and Mexicola Grande you get an even more robust year round harvest. But I’m
Super interested in trying what you grow as it is a totally foreign world to me the West Indian race avocados. I grow 18 varieties but mainly the standard production varieties work the best so I stick with them.
Hi Pat, we have almost the full year covered here in South Florida. I've heard there is now a variety that harvests in March. If true that plugs the gap.
@@SleepyLizard that’s good to hear
Hi Tom, I have an avocado tree in my yard that needs trimmed, can you recommend someone here in Miami to do the job? Thanks, love your videos👍🏻
Yo Robert, how you been? Send me a text, my number is in the "about" section in the channel.
Uh oh it sounds like he's going to try to make his wife learn how to work....🤣😛😂
He is. 😝
Oh I forgot to ask how large of an acreage is the farm? How many trees are in production right now if you don’t mind me asking?
Hi Pat, the main farm where I make the videos is 5 acres. I don't have a count on the trees. We also lease other properties on an annual basis.
Actually looks like fun just one question
I'm in Southern California
Are you not brusing the fruit by dropping, bang, dumping from box to box????
I just read some of your other replies
Hi Louise, no, it's not a problem at all. Fresh off the tree an avocado is hard as rock. in fact, what you see in this vid is nothing compared to when the guys are dumping a cherry picker...that's a few hundred lbs crashing down all at once.
farmers need to be good in math too huh. How do you measure the size for the avocados that are way up in the sky? What kind of sickness did your wife has if you dont mind me asking ( you dont have to answer if it is too private)? I am glad she feels better now. Farming is labor intensive kind of work, it takes a while to get adjusted.
Hi JKBC, we do the bulk of our picking from the bucket of a cherry picker so we can use the tester before we pick...also later in the season just about all the fruit are big enough so you really only use the sizer if one looks small.
My wife was one of the people who were hospitalized for Covid. It almost killed her and then the subsequent recover took two years...she'd make progress then regress and go back into the hospital. It's behind her now.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks for taking time answering questions. The avocado looks tempting.
Land of the green skin avocado this is all foreign to me so I'm enjoying this I'm from Southern California I could tell you upside down and backwards everything from Reed avocados Hass avocados everything else the how why and what for, . But Florida? . Well alright then rainy Sunday I'm checking it out
Thank you for your comment. Maybe some day we can trade Florida avocados for California avocados
@SleepyLizard oh yeah I hope you gal stays good health, 👍 slow work day,more rain . Maybe snow,
Uncle, The Aunty needs a big hunting knife like the one you usually carry around.
She's got a few. In fact her and my son have a matching set of hunting knives. 🤣. I don't even wanna mention where she keeps the dagger she got at the renaissance festival.😈
@@SleepyLizard A family which kills together. Heartwarming. I grew up the same way. My dad taught me how to shoot and slaughter. As a child, most of what we ate was "organic and wild harvest". Nobody was using pesticides on the deer and wild boar we shot.
@@chinatownboy7482 sounds ideal
I thought this video came out today, but its ok
it's a oldie
Hello Tom, I just bought an avocado tree and I want to plant it inside my raised bed. The raised bed is kinda deep but I’m trying to use the bed for a couple of fruit trees. Will the roots reach the ground if I don’t plant really deep? Thank you
Hi Lovie, congratulations on your tree. You'll be fine with the raised bed and you never have to worry about roots, they find their way wherever they wanna go 😝. my only recommendation would be to not overcrowd the trees, they need a lot of space and you don't want them competing for nutrients from the ground.
@@SleepyLizard Thank you so much Tom!😁 love your videos and keep up the good work!
Are we measuring Lobster crab or avocados
Hard to tell from the price sometimes🤣
Ignorant question--when unripe and very hard they are apparently NOT prone to bruising at all? I cringe a bit seeing them dropped a couple feet into bins or whatever.
Bo, they are like billiard balls. You should see how hard they slam down from a cherry picker. The only risk is that you nick the skin of you graze the edge of the bin or if you accidentally dig a chunk out if you swipe it with your fingernail. But yeah they are hard as rock.
@@SleepyLizard Great to know that, I've seen others treat them that way too so figured as much but I'm always so delicate with them no matter what. Picking in volume as you do, being overly careful has significant cost....could double your work.
I have my 1st half dozen 'normal sized' avos hanging on one tree rt now. Planted a dozen or so all diff types only few yrs ago. :D
@@Mrbfgray Yeah, and we are much more delicate with other fruit like mangos and bananas and especially our loquat and star fruit. Loquat and starfruit are easily damaged.
@@SleepyLizard Sure. I pick my peaches as ripe as possible and I don't even stack them more than 2 or 3 deep, like to individually wrap them in paper towels before giving small bags to neighbors...super fragile which is why store bought one's are crap. :D
I'm not like some hobby guy did commercial for a number of years but I know anything about what you're doing down there I know you guys have some really great Citrus and dragon fruit nothing about avocados
We also grow a lot of mango and it’s flowering and just starting to set fruit right now. It’s amazing.
@SleepyLizard we just has snow here and the papayas made it down the street, and my friend does pineapple haven't talked to him yet, so .cal is ,was paradise before all the people
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Would you put the info of the picker?
Gadiel, I will. You're not the first to ask. I'll reply later when I have it in front of me.
Is there a tool that can help with removing the avocado meat out of the thinner varieties?
I usually peel the skin by hand which is not the solution you're looking for. My preferred method is to cut in wedges and eat it right out of the skin. I'm not aware of a tool. Sometimes I'll scrape one out with a small soup spoon.
Thanks so much for the quick response.
How long have you guys been married if you don’t mind me asking?
27 years
i'm stressed out about christmas i just feel like if i get someone something i need to get everyone in my family something
Frosty, It's a free country. Do whatever you want and don't even worry about it.
@@SleepyLizard i'm thinking about just getting a box of avocadoes and make guacamole as a side to go along with the christmas dinner
@@frostylonewolf1700 You'd be the hit of the party!
@@SleepyLizard although i can't get into my paypal cause it sends a code to my phone and i need to reactivate my phone to use it again
@@frostylonewolf1700 You'll get things squared away soon. you are a resourceful person.
Oh Whaaaat? Picking schedule? I had no idea that even existed, and you get told what of your OWN fruit you are allowed to pick? That's shocking omg!
Tom, get a fake wicker clothes hamper and put back straps on it, like a backpack. Measure, cut and drop it in the basket over the shoulder and into the basket/ backpack. Please, don’t think I’m trying to be a Monday morning quarterback. I suffer from a bad back, all that bending down would kill me.
Tony, thank you for the suggestion. My goal is to own a cherry picker by this time next year.
Kerri, that's actually to protect us farmers. It keeps immature fruit from going to market. If somebody picked a bunch of Monroe in the summer for example the consumer would be none the wiser but when they bought them and took them home the fruit would never ripen, it just goes sour on the counter. If I or a backyard grower want to pick an avocado and eat it ourselves that's perfectly fine although if you don't adhere to the schedule the fruit would be inedible. The schedule actually tells us when the fruit is ready...as does the size.
@@SleepyLizard oh? Wow! Ok! Wrong idea R US lol - thank you for setting me straight! In that case, I'm super glad it's there! Nice to know! 💖🥑
@@KerriEverlasting Nah, that's why we make the vids and answer your questions. Also you're not the first to interpret it as a sort of restriction. I actually explained it more when we recorded today but the vid was already too long so that wound up on the cutting room floor as they say.
There is NO WAY I would let the GOVERNMENT tell me when to pick fruit!
Even if the advice is GOOD,
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EVEN IF I follow their ADVICE...
I STILL reserve the RIGHT to pick fruit any way I want to!
It's not regulatory it's scientific. In other words, they test the fruit and the schedule tells us when it's ready. we have many different varieties that ripen at different times of year. without the schedule consumers would be getting fruit in June that will never ripen because it needs to be on the tree until August.
This ain't a "don't tread on me" thing. I'm free to pick and eat whatever I want anytime I want but none of us want to be sending September fruit to market in June. 😂
@@SleepyLizard I'd rather consult people who know from real time experience than the USDA, but then I'm pretty much a confederate...
But I definitely would want to know all there is to know about the fruit before any of my trees ever come to that point...
I have 2 [relatively] large fruited trees, and the rest are common HAAS...
My mother likes the strong flavored haas, but I prefer the milder large fruits [no idea what the name of the cultivar is].
I like them large and mild.
@@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542 The experts are the ones who put the schedule together. it comes from the growers association which is the farmers ourselves. If you go by their schedule you can't go wrong.
The milder large fruits you like are not a particular cultivar per se....theres like 60 or so that are the large green skinned varieties we grow here in florida and each has it's own flavor, texture, and other qualities. there's a lot of variety
@@SleepyLizard Fair enough.
16:05| sorry. Me sad