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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
- From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:28:35 -0400
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:23:56 -0500 (CDT), Bill Shoemaker wrote:
> We've been using
> tilled strips in rye for cover cropped pumpkins. Then you can run a regular
> transplanter or seeder down the rows, use plastic mulch, etc. It really
>makes
> it easier but you still gain a lot from the rye mulch mat, including weed
> control, moisture retention, clean pumpkins and reduced fruit rot potential.
> Another big benefit is that PYO customers in the Fall can walk out onto the
> mulch to pick up fruit, even after a rain. We have a large grower in N Ill
> who has adopted the system and seems pretty happy with it.
Very nice idea. How wide is the tilled strip within the rye?
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Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com
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[Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Johnathan Yelenick, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Road's End Farm, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Diana Jancek, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Stewart, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Robinson, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Road's End Farm, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips,
Road's End Farm, 05/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips, Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips,
Road's End Farm, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Robinson, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, MAsteveINE, 05/15/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Wyatt Jones, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
John Chambers, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Steve Diver, 05/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, sunnfarm, 05/16/2010
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