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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] What percent of your time do you spend weeding?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:04:11 -0400

I'll try to lively things up with a question I posed to a group of eastern
Mass farmers as well:

I am curious how much time others spend on weed control, and what level of
success this brings. As I think about all the aspects of my farming operation:

soil prep
planting/transplanting
weeding
harvesting/handling
selling and marketing
equipment maintenance
record keeping
(probably forgetting something important)

I probably spend less than 5% of my time controlling weeds, and wouldn't say
I have them under control. I expect this is too little time, but wonder what
a better allotment would be.

Looking forward to your replies.

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com


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