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In July 2013, the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District purchased a 15-acre demonstration farm in Beavercreek, Oregon. Join us as we explore, discover, learn, and evolve along with this wonderful property.

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Sprinkler problem solved

August 5, 2013 Tom Salzer

Sunday morning, we resumed irrigating Ferguson field…but the sprinkler wasn’t working correctly.  It was either not rotating, or rotating very slowly.  The impulse action was very subdued, and the spray pattern was different. Our first thought was: the pump is broken!  But the easier thing to check was the sprinkler. […]

Goulds 53555 irrigation pump
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More irrigation today with new pipe

August 3, 2013 Tom Salzer

We needed more distribution pipe to reach the far corners of a couple of fields with our irrigation system, so we bought some poly pipe today. Actually, we picked up a 300-foot roll of K-Line, a kind of poly pipe that works with the fittings we’ve been using. We also […]

The farmhouse is pretty as a picture
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Weekend chores

July 29, 2013 Tom Salzer

This past weekend was full of things to do at the farm.  We caught another gopher, took out the garbage, and watered foundation plants.  We also mowed an area in the west field to be used as overflow parking for an event at the end of August, and we cleaned […]