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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!