[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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