Expanding our Irrigation Capacity

 When we first began our farm we needed water for irrigation. We reached out to Matt with Christian & Pugh here in Smithfield, who dug us a deep well in 2014 (pictured). Over the years, this well has done a wonderful job of irrigating multiple acres. Although we use drip tape on 100% of our operation, a trickle of water spread over so much drip tape still equates to tens of thousands of gallons of water used - especially on this light sandy land. Now that we're expanding our specialty crop production, we recently decided to put in a second bladder tank (blue, pictured). Matt and his crew came out and took care of everything. We really want to say thank you to Matt with Christian & Pugh for providing an excellent product and service. We highly recommend them for anyone who needs a new well or well repairs! 

 

Deer Fence for our Blueberries!

 

We installed a deer fence around our new blueberries! Once we drove the posts & corner braces into the ground, we attached a metal wire, similar to a clothesline, to the top and bottom of the posts. Then we rolled out the fence and used this orange hog ringer tool to attach the line to the fence. Lastly, we drove in the ground stakes and zip-tied the fence to the posts. Next step? Installing a gate because deer aren't the only ones who can't get in right now

PS - Check out this shell that we found in the ravine in the woods behind the blueberry patch!