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  • 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 12:40:14 -0500

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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