ZD Farms

ZD Farms Sustainable Hazelnut Farming

Welcome Spot to our family of cows. Spot landed 2 days ago and is up and playing with his older cousins that are 1 and ...
12/14/2019

Welcome Spot to our family of cows. Spot landed 2 days ago and is up and playing with his older cousins that are 1 and 2 weeks older.

We are starting to use our hoop house for extending the growing season and growing herbs and early veggies.
12/14/2019

We are starting to use our hoop house for extending the growing season and growing herbs and early veggies.

Greenhouse 2.0
05/17/2019

Greenhouse 2.0

Starting to build up the tea house with a temporary top to shade the Koi Pond. Trying to keep the algae under control t...
04/17/2019

Starting to build up the tea house with a temporary top to shade the Koi Pond. Trying to keep the algae under control this season.

Early spring and we are seeing the progression of our nuts going well this year. Catkins are first to come along (the m...
03/24/2019

Early spring and we are seeing the progression of our nuts going well this year. Catkins are first to come along (the male part) followed by the little red flowers (female part).

Deer. A cool as it is to see them around, they have to eat and unfortunately they do eat hazelnut trees. Our objective...
03/24/2019

Deer. A cool as it is to see them around, they have to eat and unfortunately they do eat hazelnut trees. Our objective is to use as much natural methods of pest control so we opted to try garlic to make the trees less appealing. Cutting small squares of landscape fabric, wrapping it around garlic, tying it up with zip ties and tying it to trees is our process. I will let you know how it goes...

We got the Grant!ZD Farms with Washington State University applied for a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education ...
03/24/2019

We got the Grant!
ZD Farms with Washington State University applied for a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) grant to do a study on deep drip irrigation on our hazelnut trees. We won the grant through the competitive process and will begin the work in July of this year. It's a 3-year project where we test deep drip methods along side normal drip irrigation to determine the water use and impact on the growing of hazelnut trees.

We are excited to be given this chance to work with Washington State and evaluate a new method of irrigation for improving our water usage and enhancing the growth of our trees.

Stay tuned for more as this project progresses.

We are constantly blessed with some amazing scenes that make us very grateful for what we have. Just wanted to share a ...
01/25/2019

We are constantly blessed with some amazing scenes that make us very grateful for what we have. Just wanted to share a few.

We are using IBC totes once used for aquaponics for the collection of rain water for irrigation use
01/25/2019

We are using IBC totes once used for aquaponics for the collection of rain water for irrigation use

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28550 SE Davis Road
Estacada, OR
97023

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