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At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Irrigation line replaced in the elderberry planting

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The drip irrigation lines were replaced last fall and the new header line was installed in the elderberry planting today.

Avery is laying the drip tubing over the elderberry beds
Sarah is helping roll out the drip tubing
WOW, what a nice straight trench! The header line will be placed here and then lines will be ran off the header line and connected to the drip tube.
Small trenches are made to connect the header line to the drip tubing. Randy directs Tom, so he doesn’t cut the weed barrier or the drip tubing.
Randy guiding Tom for the smaller trenches.
Randy is directing Tom as he digs the trench for the header line.
The header line and the smaller trench line ready and waiting for the pipe and t’s to be connected to the drip tubing.