News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Scott Miller has moved to Sisters. photo provided
A good irrigation system keeps your landscape green and your flowers colorful. It can also save you money by saving water.
Miller Irrigation has come to Sisters with those twin purposes in mind.
"Our goal is to save as much water as possible," said Scott Miller, owner of Miller Irrigation.
Though Miller Irrigation is based in Bend, Scott has recently moved his family to Sisters and is expanding his client base here in Sisters. He's offering free assessments of irrigation systems, noting that clients can save as much as 33 to 50 percent of their water use with the right nozzles set up and maintained correctly.
Minor adjustments to a system can make a big difference in the success of your plants, Miller notes. More uniformity of spread equals a healthier landscape. And water savings is important in an often drought-afflicted Sisters Country.
"We see more houses out east of town having to drill their wells a lot deeper now," Miller noted.
Scott Miller has been around long enough to recognize the changes that have occurred in Central Oregon - both in the landscape and in the way people live.
He worked for Anderson Landscaping in Bend in high school, and he continued to work in the field while he went to flight school in Eugene. Deciding that a career in aviation wasn't for him, he returned to Bend and started Miller Irrigation.
"I opened it up with pretty much no money in my bank account and just worked up from there," he recalled.
The business has grown as more people seek quality irrigation for their landscape. Scott employs five people.
Two months ago the Miller family moved to Sisters.
"I wanted my kids (ages four and seven) to grow up in a more community-based atmosphere, like it was for me in Bend back in the day," Scott said. He also noted that "schools are a large part" of the attraction of Sisters.
As he settles into his new community, he's building a client base in Sisters Country. In addition to irrigation, Miller Irrigation also offers heated horse-watering systems, an attractive feature for the Sisters Country equestrian community.
For more information contact Miller Irrigation at 541-388-0190.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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