China Ranch date farm: an oasis of date palm trees in the Mojave Desert
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Published 2019-11-12
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00:00 An oasis of date palm trees in the Mojave Desert
01:31 The date palm tree has males and females… not many males are needed
02:08 Mesquite trees provide food for different animals in the Mojave Desert
02:47 China Ranch date farm springs out of a canyon in the Mojave Desert
03:31 China Ranch has about 1200 date palm trees
04:02 You can stay overnight in a B&B near China Ranch date farm
04:17 China Ranch grows about 15 different types of dates
04:47 You can also stay in a modern native american teepee
05:22 The date farm used to be a water stop on the old spanish trail
06:20 Water in the mojave desert can be hard to come by – the lush trail by Willow Creek makes China Ranch quite unique
07:32 This water creates a very special ecological niche deep in the mojave desert canyon
08:16 A tiny museum that shows the huge history of the Earth with native American Indian artefacts
09:46 If you’re looking to buy a baby date palm tree this is the place to get one!
10:35 China Ranch date farm harvests about 20,000 kilos of dates per year
11:27 The bakery produces fresh date bread, date cookies and date milkshakes
12:46 The shop is a real treasure trove of mojave desert trinkets
13:21 Visit China Ranch date farm and taste the fresh dates for yourself!
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WHERE WE SHOT THE VIDEO
Country: United States Of America
Region: California
City: Tecopa
Gps: 35°48'0.87"N 116°11'42.74"O
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All Comments (21)
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I helped there as a volunteer in 2017 and it was amazing. Brian is a great host!
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The landscape and the green valley looks like Morocco 🙂
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Salute your spirit of enterprise!!!!
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In my country Algeria, in the oasis we practice an agriculture of Three floors the are a palms , under palms orange trees and in the ground the vegetables. We call it in French UNE AGRICULTURE à TROIS ÉTAGES
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Wonderful!!!!!
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Beautiful place 😘!… it looks more like a jungle not desert! 👍😘👍!
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Very nice tour. Thank you.
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Looks yummy! I would like to taste all these goodies right away.
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@ 9:46 the nursery where they have date palms for sale! :)
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I really enjoyed this video. I hope to visit some day.
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China Ranch iam form algeria ihave palms of date the best in the world.
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I love China Ranch date farm. But $45 for dry camping in a self contained rv for a night? My rv. (Hipcamp)
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Brigham Young was there? When?
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I listen to a lecture by Dr Jorge Flechas and he was saying that boron in the soil of this desert makes the dates very healthy. Is that true? Have you tested the soil content for boron?
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The Arabs have date soda drink, I've tried that and it tastes amazing, do you sell that too?
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i am from Pakistan and i want to get dry dates process technique can you gide me 💐💐💐💐💐💐
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👑
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Canary date palms are the best date palms, tell me different
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Beautiful place, suprised California has not taken your ranch and claimed environmentalism.
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Date wine or spirit?
