Weathering Change: Efficient Irrigation for New Farmers

If you have a high tunnel, you need irrigation. Additionally, with parts of New Hampshire still being in a drought, it’s become more important to have irrigation for your crops. Drip irrigation is a great way to minimize disease, conserve water usage, and ensure your crops receive ample amount of moisture.  

Join us for a workshop on how to install a drip irrigation system. Find out how to design and construct an irrigation system, what materials are needed, best practices for water management, maintaining and troubleshooting a system, and how to take advantage of drip irrigation to grow healthy and productive plants. This workshop will include a hands-on demonstration of setting up a drip irrigation system in a high tunnel.  

This event will be held in the tunnel behind the farmstand, which is across the street from the office building at the Grafton County Complex. Please dress appropriately.  

Presenters:

• Caroline Beaton, Beginning Farmer Outreach Program Manager, based out of the UNH Durham campus.
• Heather Bryant, UNH Extension Field Specialist, Food and Agriculture, based out of the Grafton County office
• Will Hastings, UNH Extension Field Specialist, Food and Agriculture, based out of the Coös County office

Cost:

• This is a FREE event.
• No registration required.

Accommodations:

• If you need an accommodation to participate in our programming, please contact Heather Bryant, Heather.Bryant@unh.edu, (603) 787-6944, prior to the event. Given ample time, we will make any reasonable effort to meet your needs, including language access services if requested, which will be provided free of charge.

This work is supported by the Beginner Farmer Rancher Development Program, project award no.2024-49400-43622, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.