Goodbye to the 12-14 Hour Day…

Carston, in the orchard with the hand lines — the same irrigation pipes I dreamed about owning as a kid.

It’s 8pm in the pumpkin rows and I tell Carston summer break was built for farm kids. He’s got a counter-argument — and his mom takes his side. I suddenly realize I’ve been outvoted.

Are we going to make it?

These old orchards served families for decades.

A first-generation farmer’s view of a 20-acre orchard pulled and laying on its side, Lake Chelan Valley