Though the small storm will not put a dent into our now four year drought it was a welcome sight today in central CAlifornia. Orosi, CA.

What is that growing?
I assume the nest to keep the bugs from eating?

Orange trees. They are seedless "cuties" and the nets are to prevent cross pollination from bees with pollen from other varieties. If it happens the cuties may develop seeds.

I'm a ranch manager and work with Sun Pacific which is the company who has the "Cuties" name and they have huge deals with McDonald's and such and have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in a nice neat cute little seedless variety of orange so they do this net covering to 10's of thousands of acres every year.