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- From: Sheila Payne <srp75 AT msn.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tilling question
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 19:10:17 -0600
Barb, we just turned under some pasture up near Boulder. We had two patches, about 1/2 acre total. Both were turned over with a plow, set for a couple weeks (mostly because of the rains we have been getting.) Then one was disc-ed. It is still a bit lumpy. The prarie grass is tough. The other patch we will do with a small tractor/tiller combo as it was too small a driveway to get the disc into We will probably also do the disc-ed patch with the tiller to smooth it out some more. We found a local farmer that was willing to do it for a reasonable cost. The big tractor did it all so quickly! Sheila Bill said You might want to find out if there’s someone local who can plow it with a moldboard plow and run over it with a disc. Let it rest a couple of weeks then it should till much easier as the native sod will break down during that rest period.
Barb asked: My father wants me to use part of his place. It is tough native sod grass, Colorado native prairie. We do not currently have a tiller that can do this work. He has a 15HP small Kubota tractor and I have a skid steer. Which is the best way to go? We can buy a tiller to use on his Kubota with the PTO or I can rent a tiller to put on the Bobcat. I'm leaning toward just renting a tiller for the Bobcat since I did our horse arena with it last year and was pleased with how well it did. I only am going to do 1/2 acre, so it doesn't has to be a big tractor. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thank you! \ |
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[Market-farming] tilling question,
BarbaraJ, 05/06/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] tilling question,
William H Shoemaker, 05/06/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] tilling question,
Sheila Payne, 05/06/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] tilling question, BarbaraJ, 05/06/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] tilling question,
Sheila Payne, 05/06/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] tilling question,
William H Shoemaker, 05/06/2010
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