A few kilometers east of Spence's Bridge we come across "Nine Mile Gardens" (could it be 9 miles?!); we stop to pick whatever is ripe.

Lilo: "Let's get started!"

Hanne, is that a good one?

Back-breaking labor...

Not too bad if you know you've only got to do this for about 10 minutes...

Lilo's harvest: not bad for about 10 minutes of picking.

It takes plenty of water and human perspiration to turn this country into a farm.

Green leafy vegetables and red, ripe tomatoes on one side of the road (irrigation); desert on the other.