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  • From: Liz Pike <pike AT always-online.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: tractor
  • Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:30:47 -0500


On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:19:06 -0500, you wrote:

>Lawrence brings up a good point - using fossil fuels for equipment!
>
>I'd prefer not to, but have 10 acres of pasture.
>
>How can I peel up the sod, rather than just using a shovel and a
>mattock, which just simply takes too long!
>
>HELP!!!!!!

In a perfect world, maybe. It can be done--I have 2 farming friends
who gradually reduced their acreage as they increased the high value
crops and methods--one uses greenhouses, and the other permanent beds.
Elliot Coleman uses the formula of 2.5 acres per person--this is how
much can be tended without power equipment.

Liz Pike
Morningstar Gardens
Pollocksville NC





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