[Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates

Willfindley at aol.com Willfindley at aol.com
Tue Dec 13 13:06:08 EST 2005


 
Morning All,
Definitely food for thought for a newbie farmer on the subject of  raised 
beds. This fall I've raised some rows with disk hillers attached to my  Farmall 
Super A (an offset tractor), but this prevented me from later using  the 
shovels as weeders because the shovels tear down the rows as they  weed.  Mark has 
just blown my mind with his chiseling and "reverse  raising" technique. By 
chiseling first, and then, if I understand you correctly,  Mark, creating the 
raised rows as the plants grow, I can use the  cultivating sweeps on the Super A 
as they were meant to be used,  for weeding and cultivating and throwing soil. 
 
I think I'd compromise with small seed: Since I have relatively loose,  sandy 
soil here in west AL, I can prepare beds as Mark does by  disking.  Then, 
rather than broadcasting seed, which I think will  waste quite a bit, I'll mark 
off rows and seed with the Earthway or even the  little hand seeder for the 
smallest seeds. And since I don't have  down-force hydraulics on the Super A, I 
can't "lightly disc" them in, so I'll  have to do the rest of the planting by 
hand too.
 
How's that sound? (Anyone out there using old-time cultivating tractors,  
please don't hesitate to chime in.) One thing I'm reminded of daily:   there's no 
such thing as "outside the box" when it comes to anything associated  with 
farming. Box?
 
Thank you all for an enligtening thread.
Regards,
Bill
 
 

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