Farm Happenings

We had a busy two weeks of bulldozer activity here as the crew from Christopher’s Construction rolled in with an excavator, bulldozer, earthmover, and maintainer. They installed a water diversion structure at the bottom of the asparagus field and above our bottom land to keep any overland water flow from flowing into our highly-productive lower fields. The excavator dug five hundred feet of trench in that same field, where we installed drainage tile – perforated plastic pipe that will carry water out of the soil.

Christopher’s also revamped the driveway, which had washed so severely during the August rains that it was barely passable, and then only with much swerving and dodging of potholes and gullies. Since August, we’ve lost two mufflers and the brake lines on two different vehicles from daily use and abuse on the driveway. A new culvert combined with some reshaping to make driving onto the farm into a whole new experience (and one that should make the UPS and FedEx drivers much happier).

Chris’ dad, fresh from a trek in Nepal, came to visit from Colorado bearing prayer wheels and yak bells. The short trip provided a good excuse for some downtime over the long weekend.