Incredible Irrigation

What we're thinking about most right now is the lack of rain. What we're doing with much of our time is setting up, connecting, and running irrigation. It appears that we'll get through May with just over half an inch of rain, making it our driest month in 15 years of farming here. I don't feel panicked about it just yet. Everything around me still looks lush and green. Setting up irrigation, though time consuming and something I'd rather avoid doing, always happens at some point during the growing season. So getting it up and running now is fine. With no rain in the forecast we'll cycle through the fields on a 5-7 day rotation. Thirstier crops in high production, like the peas and strawberries, will get a drink at shorter intervals. Our well supplies a finite amount of water at a given time but we can irrigate our current footprint, maybe 5 or 6 acres, in a given week. Right now we're exclusively using drip tape and currently have irrigation on all crops except potatoes and carrots. As our footprint expands to our mid-July maximum, without rain, we'll continue to add tubes and tape where needed.