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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Drought Funds?
  • Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:12:04 -0700

Purty darn good thumb-typing, Allan!

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- allan.balliett AT gmail.com wrote:

From: "Allan.Balliett " <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Drought Funds?
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:02:42 -0400

Couldn't find a solar that appeared to be affordable. Or an electric
pressure/trash pump, but, then again, I don't have juice at the creek

Allan Balliett
Shepherdstown, WV USA

Thumb-typed for your amusement


On Aug 11, 2010, at 11:09 AM, <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com> wrote:

> I don't know how you are irrigating, Allan, but have you considered
> a pump powered some other way? Electric motor, solar (maybe that's
> too off the wall)?
>
> Kurt Forman
> Clearview Farm
> Palmyra, NY 14522
>
> --- allan.balliett AT gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: "Allan.Balliett" <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [Market-farming] Drought Funds?
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:00:53 -0400
>
> I can't help but notice that we are WAY outside our budget on
> irrigation expense this season (irrigation has been irritatingly
> expensive ever since a 5 gal can of gas started costing close to $15
> and buys us about 5 hours of irrigation. We've been pumping water
> pretty much 24/7 since late June.
>
> ANYWAY, has anyone heard of any drought expense related grants or
> loans through the FSA or USDA or ?? this season?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Allan in WV where the forecast itoday s for the upper 90s and a 50
> percent chance that it won't rain (which is about as good as it's
> been for a long time. I did get rain yesterday: an intense 45 seconds
> of it...but it was REALLY intense (and, as far as I know, real, not
> imagined! ;-)
>
>
>
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