Today we’re getting some much-needed rain here in Oceana County.  It’s been very dry in the orchards and fields; this will really help the sweet corn take off and grow!  We have irrigation under the mulch for most of our vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, summer squash), but our famous sweet corn needs to get moisture from the clouds!

Dave has been irrigating the orchards to keep the trees healthy and to get the newly planted trees off to a good start.   Our trickle irrigation systems have the added benefit of targeting specific locations and amounts of water.  They are buried, so we don’t lose much to evaporation, either.  Dave really works at doing the right things and doing them well, to have a farm that will sustain crops for generations.