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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...
Attaching the deadman cable
Basket attachment
Deadman cables attached
Corner poles
Laying all wire on the ground
Pulling out wire with a quad
Raising the wire!!
Spring 2017 - Spring 2018
Partially raised wire.
Securing the corners!
System under tension.
Attempted explaination!
From 40 feet up!
Planting... 50,000+ rhizomes...
Planting Spring 2017
Rhizomes going in!
Beautiful ladies coming up!
Baby Cascade
Cutting rhizomes Spring 2018
Rhizomes!
So many rhizomes!
More planting Spring 2018
Fresh shoots coming up.
Girls turning into ladies!
Growing up!
Beautiful!