During this week we have put a majority of our effort into putting our 8-foot-tall fence that will soon surround our field. Which, may I add, is way taller than me. In addition, due to the fences height it requires me to jump, stand on my toes, and help wrestle 14-foot wood posts into the ground that much more difficult. But other than the struggles of a short person, we all have discovered how much effort it takes to put in 14-foot wood posts. Not only that, but the art of slamming down 10-foot T posts into the ground. All in all, we can lift our heads and say that we have out almost half of the fence up! Here is an idea as to how tall our fence is:

Along with Irrigation, we have been able to play with irrigation! For this week’s irrigation we decided to crank the pump up to 57 PSI to see what kind of pressure we would get at our sprinkler heads and if we would get rid of our rain shadow. With much analysis we got three lines up to 26 PSI and we finally got the rain shadow to disappear! Furthermore, we also concluded that we need to create a swing pipe for each valve opener to also decrease length, increase PSI pressure, and to increase efficiency.

We were reassured by this idea, when we turned off 2 sprinklers on one side and tested the PSI. Alone with just 2 sprinklers off, we were able to increase the PSI by 2! Can you imagine if we took away 19 sprinkler heads and eliminated that extra length? Our system would benefit hugely and we wouldn’t have to irrigate for as long!

Although this week has consisted of mostly hard labor, it’s been so much fun working with my co-workers and getting motivation from them in all their corky ways. I can’t believe that in two weeks I will be done, but hey we still got harvesting to do! Till next week!