The Farming Report 5/1

Hello all! Joe here. So work has started at Hilltop Farms. We will be covering the action as the year progresses. So for the past 3 days we have be doing Walls-Of-Water. This is usually done at the end of April. If you have any questions ask. (Sorry for the bad quality on the pictures they where taken from my phone.)

So here is a Wall-Of-Water.

 

It is covering a tomato plant. (that is all we put Walls-Of-Waters on)

 

So let me start form the beginning. We start by planting (which I will cover in another post.)

 

Then we put wires in.

 

 

The wires are put in a tepee shape, over the plant.

 

 

 Here is the pile of wires on the wagon.

 

We have to crawl up on the wagon to get some of the wires off.

 

Next the sheaths are put on the wires.

 

 

Here is one of the boys putting a sheath on the wires.

 

The sheaths are stored over the winter in these big boxes.

 

Here is a close up on the sheathes.

 

 

After we have wired and sheathed a ways up the row we hook up the pipping. My boss is doing it in this picture. his name is Luke. (P.s. He is getting married the end of May) J

 

A look at the piping (Which we use to fill the sheathes)

 

The pipe is a flexible hose with a hard plastic spout.

 

There is a nob that you can turn to adjust the speed of the water.

 

Here is a picture of the hose. 

 

 

A tangled mess of hose. J

 

 

Here is motor that pumps the water.

 

Here is one of the girls filling the Sheath.

 

More filling!

 

Here is a video of one of the boys filling a Sheath.

 

 

Everyone Filling!

 

 

Water Boots are a MUST for the workers wardrobe! Because mud is EVERYWHERE!

 

 

Here are some pictures of the field.

 

 

 

 

So that is all there is to it! If you have any question, Fell free to ask!

 ~Joe~