Field Notes
From seed to harvest
Field ploughing with tractor
Soil preparation inside tunnel frame structures being set up
Soil preparation with tractor and disc harrow in open field
Farm tractor with disc harrow in open field
Squash harvest and selection in the farm's fields
Freshly harvested butternut squash laid out in rows
Aerial view of Azienda Agricola Sanguanini's fields
Young seedlings under protective mini-tunnels in the first weeks of growth
Blue tractor alongside rows of covered cultivation mini-tunnels
Drip irrigation system with pump and blue pipes
Aerial view of the harvest with tractor and workers in the field
Solmei machine managing the covering film of mini-tunnels
Aerial view of mini-tunnel opening with Solmei machine
Aerial view of cultivated fields with Sanguanini farmstead in the background
Watermelons ripening on mulch film with drip-irrigation hoops
Aerial view of the fields at full season with white drip-irrigation hoops
Aerial view of farmstead
Plastic tunnel greenhouse at sunset
Dozens of tunnel greenhouses at sunset with equipment in the foreground
Aerial view of the tunnel greenhouse complex at sunset on the Po Plain
Greenhouse interior: flowering melon plants
Young striped melon forming on the vine
Freshly set melon fruit held in hand
Melon plants with developing fruits on mulch film
Netted melons ripening in the open field
Row of netted melons in the tunnel greenhouse ready for harvest
Netted melons ready for harvest in the greenhouse
Ripe butternut squash in the field
Ladybird on a squash leaf