LADY LAKE, Fla. – The owners of Yummi Harvest are on edge. It’s all due to the threat of the extreme cold expected in the northern counties of Central Florida. Those counties include both Lake and Marion counties. Yummi Harvest sits on the border of both.
Tania and Oscar Torres, the orange U-pick farm owners, say they’re concerned because they’ve invested lots of money into their business.
“Being able to have enough irrigation systems, in this case for 12 acres that we have here, it’s in the tens of thousands,” said Oscar Torres.
They break down how the irrigation system works.
“Basically, we need to make sure that every tree receives water during that time. So, like this, the water releases heat, and it protects. It brings the temperature up. And also from some type of ice on the top,” said Oscar Torres.
“Like a blanket,” Tania Torres added.
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They say they’re no stranger to protecting their crops in weather like conditions Lady Lake is expecting. They say they’ve done this same process twice, both being successful.
It’s why they say they’re feeling mostly confident this time around, hoping for a three-peat.
For those wondering how they got the name Yummi Harvest, the Torres’ say it was God who reminded them of something while planning a business title for hours.
They say God reminded Oscar what customers tend to say after having the juice that’s produced from the oranges on the land.
Oscar said customers usually say, “It’s yummy.”
Yummi Harvest is open now through the end of February.
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