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  • From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snapping tops off carrots
  • Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:52:38 -0500

Yes for parsnip. The beauty of the ridges is they are steep enough that the
soil on the sides stays dry/dries quickly, and we have very very few weeds
on the ridges. I use the two discs to weed once and throw soil back up, but
mostly just a little hand weeding. That is in sharp contrast to the rest of
the field.

No better way to top the carrots, unless we just leave an inch or two of top
on. Maybe someone can look at the commercial carrot harvesters that snap
the tops off as they harvest, and come up with a table top model to hand
feed carrots through.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY
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"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." -
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Moore Lappe

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Vern and Amy
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:14 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snapping tops off carrots

Sounds like a great way to plant! Probably good for parsnip, too? Do
you weed them with the tractor or by hand? We harvested our carrots
this year with a single tooth run next to the carrots planted in flat
ground. I think probably not as good as your raised bed technique in
our heavy clay, but better than a pitchfork.

Did you come up with a better way to top your carrots? We still have
some in the shop to do, too.

Vern
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