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  • From: elaine granata <elainegranata AT msn.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] What percent of your time do you spend weeding?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 19:18:33 -0600

Relative to all of the other tasks Richard listed, I don't spend very much
time weeding. I try to keep them from going to seed, and do what I call
'weed and feed"-- hoe in alfalfa meal, or whatever I'm using, and weed at
the same time, then put down mulch. I also weed when I'm harvesting --
pulling the stuff that sticks out or gets in the way of harvesting. I mulch
a lot which helps keep the weeds down, so I suppose mulching could be
considered weeding time.

Elaine
Denver

-----Original Message-----
From: Market-farming [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 2:04 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] What percent of your time do you spend weeding?

I'll try to lively things up with a question I posed to a group of eastern
Mass farmers as well:

I am curious how much time others spend on weed control, and what level of
success this brings. As I think about all the aspects of my farming
operation:

soil prep
planting/transplanting
weeding
harvesting/handling
selling and marketing
equipment maintenance
record keeping
(probably forgetting something important)

I probably spend less than 5% of my time controlling weeds, and wouldn't say
I have them under control. I expect this is too little time, but wonder
what a better allotment would be.

Looking forward to your replies.

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com


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