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Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates
- From: Willfindley AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:06:08 EST
Morning All,
Definitely food for thought for a newbie farmer on the subject of
raised beds. This fall I've raised some rows with disk hillers attached to my
Farmall Super A (an offset tractor), but this prevented me from later using
the shovels as weeders because the shovels tear down the rows as they
weed. Mark has just blown my mind with his chiseling and "reverse
raising" technique. By chiseling first, and then, if I understand you correctly,
Mark, creating the raised rows as the plants grow, I can use the
cultivating sweeps on the Super A as they were meant to be used,
for weeding and cultivating and throwing soil.
I think I'd compromise with small seed: Since I have relatively loose,
sandy soil here in west AL, I can prepare beds as Mark does by
disking. Then, rather than broadcasting seed, which I think will
waste quite a bit, I'll mark off rows and seed with the Earthway or even the
little hand seeder for the smallest seeds. And since I don't have
down-force hydraulics on the Super A, I can't "lightly disc" them in, so I'll
have to do the rest of the planting by hand too.
How's that sound? (Anyone out there using old-time cultivating tractors,
please don't hesitate to chime in.) One thing I'm reminded of daily:
there's no such thing as "outside the box" when it comes to anything associated
with farming. Box?
Thank you all for an enligtening thread.
Regards,
Bill
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Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates,
Willfindley, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates,
TxBeeFarmer, 12/13/2005
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[Market-farming] winter salad,
Beth Spaugh, 12/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] winter salad, Lucy Goodman, 12/14/2005
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[Market-farming] winter salad,
Beth Spaugh, 12/13/2005
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- Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates, Willfindley, 12/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Raised Beds and Yield Estimates,
TxBeeFarmer, 12/13/2005
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