BETHEL — “We’re always experimenting to make things more efficient,” says Tamara Davis, one half of a gadget-happy farming duo. She and her husband, Vernon, run Chapman Brook Farm in Bethel — a place where innovation meets a monster pile of newly purchased Canadian dirt.

It’s peak farming season, and the organic-farming couple is up to their elbows in everything: chasing off bugs, harvesting leafy greens, washing, drying and packaging produce. And while their hands are busy, their minds never stop churning out new ways to make the work more efficient (or at least more entertaining).

“That’s why we don’t make a profit, all we do is buy gadgets,” jokes Tamara, before quickly assuring they do, in fact, turn one — even with the gadget habit.

One of their cleverest contraptions is Vernon’s mountaintop watering setup: a hose on a timer that trickles down to the greenhouse using drip irrigation. A pond pump adds extra reach to the system.

But rivaling the drip irrigation system is the humble Dustbuster. The handheld vacuum most people use to chase down dust bunnies, the Davises use to suck bugs off plants. “They don’t stand a chance,” says Tamara, showing off captured pests spinning in circles inside the tube.

Around the farm, repurposing is an art form. Take their soon-to-be lettuce spinner: a retired 15-year-old washing machine. “You take the guts out, put a fishing basket with holes inside and it will spin the water off the lettuce. It’s a thing in the gardening world,” says Tamara.

For now, lettuce drying happens on a mesh screen balanced on tables with a fan humming nearby, a rustic setup in their breezy, comfortable work barn.

Even garden scissors have been upgraded for a Greens Harvester, a device that slices through spinach, lettuce or any greens with precision. They jumped on the waitlist, and when they finally got the email it was available, they acted fast. Good thing — it sold out in three hours. The awkward-to-carry contraption has a very sharp blade and a drill attachment that makes it spin. Vernon brings it out to the field for a demonstration.

The Davises would like to invent an extended snipper. Tamara said it’s important to strip the leaves below the fruit when harvesting tomatoes. “It’s a hard job for someone who can’t bend very well,” she says. They plan to pitch their idea to Bethel welder Eli Mann. “He’s clever,” she adds, hopeful.

Also in the brainstorming phase: a long-armed pruner that digs under the soil to harvest carrots and garlic. When asked if they’d patent the design, Tamara laughs. “They make these — but they’re $900. Then we saw a guy make one [at home] for $30.” The idea to buy one was partly born out of Tamara’s post-back surgery days when she had to use a grabber. “It’s kind of the same idea. You’ve got to be adaptive when you have a bad back. You have to think of ways to still do what you love.”

Vernon adds, “Work smarter, not harder.”

One of their more astute purchases was a side-by-side utility vehicle. “It fits between the rows perfectly,” says Tamara. They use it for everything from hauling compost to delivering fresh produce to the farmstand.

Amid the busy days, they’re experimenting in the field, too.

“We’re trialing something,” says Tamara, planting dill seeds between full-grown crops. “Just seeing what happens.”

Chapman Brook Farm Stand on the North Road, Bethel, is open Fridays and Saturdays.