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  • From: John Ehrlich <johnkaty AT shaw.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Making raised beds
  • Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:38:46 -0800

I get a nice bed with a roto tiller and one pass with a single or double
shank ripper. The tractor wheels compact the pathway leaving a raised
growing bed.

J

On 2012-02-15, at 5:03 PM, Etienne Goyer wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Last year was my first season. I have been growing on a fairly small
> area, about a third of an acre. In the spring, I made 30 raised beds
> using a rake and a shovel. They where a little over 100' long and 5'
> center-to-center (about 42" bed top). It was exhausting, but I am
> pretty happy with the result. I am fairly sure it helped with the
> drainage and soil warming in this very wet and cool season.
>
> This spring, I am adding another 50 150' long beds. No way I dig that
> much with a shovel again. My question for those whose grows on
> non-permanent raised bed: what do you use for bed forming?
>
> I have been looking at bed shapers and disk bedders implement (sometime
> called "ridgers"). They are fairly, although not overly, expensive. My
> guess is that a disk bedder would be more appropriate for my fairly
> heavy clay loam. I am afraid a bed shaper with a pan would pack the
> soil too much and make the top susceptible to caking.
>
> Anybody wants to share their experience making raised beds? Which
> implement do you use for that purpose? Anything specific to watch out for?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> Etienne Goyer - Le Jardin du Village
> http://lejardinduvillage.wordpress.com
>
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