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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83; garlic dibbers
- From: "Dave or Kathy Campbell" <dkcampbell AT southslope.net>
- To: <rob AT songberry.ca>, "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83; garlic dibbers
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:43:34 -0500
I plant about 14,000 garlic each October, so had my local welder
fix me up a bike dibber. We took an old 18” child’s bike and replaced
the rubber on the front wheel tire with a steel band, to which we welded 12 dib
prongs—3’ long, ¾” diam. This worked out just even to put
one dib hole every 6” when you roll the bike along the row. Actually,
these dib holes aren’t wide or deep enough for the bigger cloves, but the
spacing along the row is clear, so a hand dibber may also be needed using my
system. The front fork of the bike has to be extended, of course, to let the
spikes clear, and I put big training wheels on the back to make the rig into a
tricycle. That way the rear wheel doesn’t obliterate to newly-dibbed
holes. Another customer came by after my welder had built my bike
dibber, and asked, “WHAT in blazes is THAT?” “Well, “ explained
the welder, “I got this guy likes to ride his bike on the ice!” ==Dave Campbell Tiffin IA Zone 5 From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Rob
Wallbridge Hi, I’ve seen a design for a “sofa-leg dibbler” used
for planting garlic. It’s basically just a board with reclaimed sofa legs
bolted or screwed on the bottom at the desired spacing, with a piece of rope
attached to each end to act as handles. Rob Wallbridge Songberry Organic Farm 24 Sixth Line, Bristol, QC J0X 1G0 email: rob AT songberry.ca web: www.songberry.ca facebook: become a fan of "Songberry Organic Farm" |
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83,
Curtis Millsap, 03/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83,
Rob Wallbridge, 03/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83; garlic dibbers,
Dave or Kathy Campbell, 03/31/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83; garlic dibbers, stonecirclefarm tds.net, 03/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83; garlic dibbers,
Dave or Kathy Campbell, 03/31/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Vol 86, Issue 83,
Rob Wallbridge, 03/31/2010
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