Reducing dust on our roads

With the drought California is in everything is dry, dry, dry. When the wind picks up the dust covers the trees and makes everything a mess. With little water to water the roads down we looked to a more permanent method to keep our roads and fields less dusty.  We added a road oil mixture of 50% oil and 50% water on top of some of our dirt roads between fields. We use a half gallon of the mixture per square yard. This will help us during these dusty, dry summer months to keep the dust off our trees. The dust increases our insect populations and before harvest we don't want those bugs in our trees because they reduce yield. The oil base helps us abide by air quality emissions regulations we have in the Central Valley. During the winter months the oil base will also allow us to continue to drive between fields where otherwise it would be muddy and wet

Until Next Time,

Almond Girl