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  • From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tools for small farmers
  • Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 05:33:16 -0400


I knew a guy who made a bicycle powered plow. It worked well in sand but in any other soil type it took far longer to use the bike implement than double digging. I think he could do a 50' x 8' bed in clay loam soils in about 6 hours. he based it on a design he got from a guy in N mex.

I am not saying that bike powered tools could not be done but the things I have seen were interesting but not practical, oh except for the flour mill that could put out something like a pound an for an hour of peddling. That is not to say that with R&D bike power tools could not be way useful.

Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt
http://www.boulderbelt.com





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