[Market-farming] Time study

Andy Fellenz fellenz at fltg.net
Fri Mar 6 14:25:42 EST 2009


John Hendrickson made the arrangements.  Give me a call if you would 
like to see it.

Andy

clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com wrote:
> Andy,
>
> >From where did you buy your Japanese transplanter?
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt Forman
> Clearview Farm
> Palmyra, NY 14522
>
> --- fellenz at fltg.net wrote:
>
> From: Andy Fellenz <fellenz at fltg.net>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Time study
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:26:21 -0500
>
> Here's a video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvrlY2H7GPU&feature=related
>
> I haven't used this yet and have my fingers crossed that it works as 
> well as it looks like it should. John Hendrickson who posts here 
> occasionally has used it and can share a lot more than I can. 
>
> Andy
>
> breck wrote:
>   
>> Andy, would you share info on the Japanese transplanter?
>>
>> Farmer Breck 
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Andy Fellenz
>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:40 PM
>> To: Market Farming
>> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Time study
>>
>> Whereever I can afford it and it looks like it will pay,  I am trying to 
>> replace hand labor with equipment. 
>>
>> I have purchased two transplanters to reduce transplanting time - one is 
>> hand operated from Japan and will be used for greens in the hoophouses 
>> and some alliums, while the other is on a 3pt mount and will be used for 
>> almost everything I set out.  I also purchased a cultivating tractor to 
>> reduce the amount of time spent on weeding.  I will put the drip 
>> irrigation in the hoophouses on a timer this season to ensure that it 
>> turns on and off when I need it (there were several times last season 
>> when I forgot to turn it off and it ran a few hours too long).  I also 
>> scaled up my implements to reduce the amount of time required to prepare 
>> a field for planting. 
>>
>> Andrew King wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Has anyone found any Techniques to save time ?
>>> Was there anything you did last year that was a waste of time ?
>>>
>>> Andy King
>>> Sunflower King's Farm
>>> PA Zone 6
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