Winterizing

Rod Heppner, with Southern Drip Irrigation, speeds around a blueberry field Thursday at Biln Farms.

Rod Heppner

Rod Heppner, with Southern Drip Irrigation, speeds around a blueberry field Thursday at Biln Farms, at the north end of 216th Street in Maple Ridge, as he prepares it for winter by releasing the water from the pipes that run through it.

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