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A tray full of tulip bulbs is ready Friday for planting at Chipman Farm in Poland. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalDoug Chipman drives his tractor Friday while looking back at his daughter Tomi Ricker, right, and Morgan Brewer planting tulip bulbs at Chipman Farm in Poland. They were planting 40,000 bulbs of various colors for their Upick Tulips in the spring using an “improvised” strawberry planting machine. “There are not many of us (farmers) left. We are the only commercial farm left in Poland,” Chipman said. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalDoug Chipman looks back Friday at his daughter Tomi Ricker, right, and Morgan Brewer planting tulip bulbs at Chipman Farm in Poland. They were planting 40,000 bulbs of various colors for their Upick Tulips in the spring using an “improvised” strawberry planting machine. “There are not many of us (farmers) left,” Doug Chipman said. “We are the only commercial farm left in Poland.” Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalTomi Ricker carries a tray of tulip bulbs to a tractor Friday morning at Chipman Farm in Poland. The “improvised” strawberry planting machine set 40,000 bulbs of various colors in the ground for the farm’s Upick Tulips in the spring. “There are not many of us (farmers) left, Doug Chipman said. “We are the only commercial farm left in Poland.” Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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