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6/9/2010 Tomorrow will be the task of laying a new drip irrigation system for a field to be planted with fall produce. By September we should have pumpkins, acorn squash, late field peas grown in the stubble of the winter rye and cover legumes.
We will be entering new territory here, as they will be new crops for us. The need for water though is universal to every area on our farm. The sand holds little water. The cover crop residue doesn't last long unless there is a long time of no-till cultivation. So we have to plan ahead and have the means to water in place before we even start. Then the seeds go in, still with no assurance of success.
I am reading a book titled Waiting for Rain by Dan Butterworth. There are accurate descriptions of the Sandhills of NC and the farmers plight, but so far not any action.
