Market Farming

[Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>]

Sorry. I don't think I answered the full question. I cut most asian greens and salad and braising mixes with the knife. I pluck individual leaves of the things that are best sold bunched like chard, cale, collards, etc. -allan in WV where we are still harvesting all this stuff (but probably won't be after this saturday when the high is going to be 32)

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Allan Balliett <allan.balliett AT gmail.com> wrote:

I used to use shears but I graduated to using a stainless vegetable trimming knife I found in a bunch of produce clippings Whole Foods gave us for composting one year. I use one of those easy sharpening things (First saw them among the lettuce cutters at Wendy Johnson's Green Gulch Zen produce garden) to sharpen before harvest. Usually 35 LIGHT pulls will make a blade that cuts effortlessly for one full harvest morning. (but the sharpener is in my back pocket should I need to dress the blade) -Allan in WV

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Beth Spaugh <lists AT rhomestead.com> wrote:

Salad mix and small braising greens size I cut with the serrated victorinox.  Bunching sizes I pluck, mainly to not have a knife along with rubber bands and stems/leaves in the hands.

 

Beth Spaugh

Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY

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"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry

"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe

 

 

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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Harvest Knives Recommendation?

 

I'd be curious to know how many folks cut leaves off, versus plucking them off, for cut-and-come-again type greens.  I know that's a little OT for the original question, but I've heard a lot of different theories about what is "best", both for plant recovery and harvest shelf-life.  Opinions?

Kathryn Kerby

frogchorusfarm.com

Snohomish, WA

Ruminations - essays on the farming life at frogchorusfarm.com/weblog.html

 

In a message dated 12/7/2011 7:25:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, zwmathes AT gmail.com writes:

I have been very satisfied with the Victorinox serrated harvest knife from Jonny's Seeds.  It comes wicked sharp and works great for greens.
Zac Mathes

 

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