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The beginning...
Ski bumming...
River guiding...
Travels... but time for something new!
Lots of research and
an internship at Jackson Hop Farm
Road trip...
to decide where to start the farm
Montrose, CO! March 2017
Found a 33 acre alfalfa field
Ripping, tilling, marking...
John Deere 5093 EN!
The Warehouse...
Water line first...
Chris and a friend built the whole
warehouse!
Summer of 2017
Flea the farm dog!
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Concrete floors!
40 ft x 120 ft
Finished!
Trellis... Poles...
32 acres...
2,028 poles... 352 deadmen...
Planning and math...
Measurements!
Nails and a plate on all poles
Marking
First drilling attempt...
Adding water...
Drilling again...
Digging....
and digging...
2 ft deep!
Finally poles! 20 ft long
Load the poles...
Put the poles in the ground...
Straighten the poles...
Back fill and tamp...
Perimeter poles - 3ft deep!!
24 ft tall and at 62 degrees
Corner poles!
Last pole in!
Deadman 3.5 ft deep
Concreted in!
Trellis... Wire...
57 miles...