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  • From: Dan <dan AT citygardenfarms.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?
  • Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:21:46 -0800

I can't tell from the picture, but do the handles swing out into the
walking path so that you don't have to straddle your freshly cultivated
bed?  Seems like that kind of attachment could be developed for a better
machine like a BCS.  Maybe there is something that has been developed? 
Does anyone know of any attachments like that for BCS?

Dan Bravin
POP Farming
and
Multnomah County CROPS Farm

On Thu 04/02/10 11:38 AM , Ryan Platte ryan AT bootstrapacres.com sent:
Here's an ad for Swampy Hollow's Ground
Hog: http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/268?id=8092699 [1]
Swampy Hollow's contact page: http://www.swampyhollow.com/contact.php [2]
No such luck with Mascot Sharpening.
Ryan Platte
Bootstrap Acres, growing your lunch in Churchville, New York
http://bootstrapacres.com/ [3]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:07 PM, wrote:
If you want a high quality wheel hoe that is similar to Glasser and the
model shown at planetwhiz call Mascot Sharpening in Ronks PA. at
717-6566486 and request a brochure. it sells for $115. If you want a
motorized very narrow row cultivator call Swampy Hollow Mfg. ask for the
Ground hog cultivator brochure. They are in Honey Brook PA. 610-2730157.
They don't have web sites they both serve the plain comunity... Bob. Sunny
Meadow Farm Bridgeton, NJ.
--- jbmckillip AT mesanetworks.net [5] wrote:

From: "BarbaraJ"
To: "Market Farming"
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:10:50 -0700

I am also looking at buying a wheel hoe.  Any thoughts on the whizbang
http://planetwhizbang.blogspot.com/2009/05/heres-another-option-already-made.html
[8] vs. the valley oak wheel hoe? http://www.valleyoaktools.com/order.html
[9]   I am willing to invest the extra money if the value is there.  But
also wanting to be frugal where it is needed.  Sometimes it is hard to
decide.  I have an old wheel hoe with the huge wheel in front, but as I'm
a small woman, 5'1", I just cannot manage that dinosaur one more year.  
Barb Front Range Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: Ryan Platte
[10] To: Market Farming [11] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?
Josh and all,
1) I know I'm bonkers. Thanks for the specific data on how bonkers.
 :-)   I'm diving in with both feet to find out what it takes. Keeping
commitments to customers low, etc.
2) I am planning on involving some (maybe quite a lot of!) help. This may
well include plastic, especially for widely-spaced crops. 
3) If I've got, say, 10" between rows in a particular bed, would I use a
10" hoe for that, or an 8"?
4) If I'm doing 16" between rows in a particular bed, would you
recommend 8", 14", or 16"? Soil is on the clayey side.
Sheila, thanks for the lead on Valley Oak -- looks like a very
attractive option!
Ryan Platte
Bootstrap Acres, growing your lunch in Churchville, New York
http://bootstrapacres.com/ [12]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, wrote:
An acre and a half, you know that is more than 65,000 square feet dont
you ? Something on the order of 218 feet by 300 feet, It can be done with
hand tools, but youll have to spend more time than part time or limited
scheduel, other wise you might consider herbicides, or plastics, or heavy
mulch. josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Platte
To: Market Farming
Sent: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 12:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Weed control advice?

Hi all, I'm a new veggie farmer planning my first big season after
tooling around for a while. I just joined and read some of the previous
messages in this thread.
I'm in the wheel hoe market and considering both the Planet Whizbang and
this one:
http://www.uslink.net/~aljohn/index.html [16]
I'm also considering the ridiculously-priced one from Johnny's because
it supports multiple widths and configurations. I'm planning to sow in
beds with long rows 16" or 10" apart, depending on the crop. I haven't
used a wheel hoe before, so if someone can tell me that I'm nuts to spend
that kind of money and that I'll be fine without this particular tool, I'm
all ears.
I'm planning 1.5 acres of plantings on a limited schedule, so it's
possible that I'm that rare person for whom this is the right trade-off.
What do you think?
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[9] http://www.valleyoaktools.com/order.html
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