This publish was impressed by seeing this publish from Allsun Farm (in Australia) and the Farm Begin posts from different farmers we actually respect and admire. I wished to simply share these hyperlinks however then thought, what the heck, why don’t we simply take part!
1) Vermont Cart
We use this ALL THE TIME! We love the one we purchased at Lee Valley a lot. This 12 months, we purchased an additional one from Vesey’s (it’s shiny pink) and, whereas it’s nonetheless helpful, it’s simply barely much less huge, which doesn’t permit us to have our harvest bins aspect by aspect in it, which is manner much less environment friendly. So, we don’t like utilizing it as a lot (whichever one in every of us is slower to seize the Lee Valley one has to make use of it) and our subsequent one will likely be one other one in every of these for certain.
2) Bio 360 biodegradable plastic mulch (made with non-GMO corn).
We don’t love continuously weeding…and we don’t receives a commission to do it. We additionally hate seeing naked soil, particularly within the spring when it might probably rain arduous. So, we use Bio 360 for nearly all of our transplanted crops. Particularly, in 12 months one, changing our hay fields to vegetable fields, it made all of the distinction in having the ability to work full-time on our farm (and never simply weeding) with out every other supply of earnings and pay the payments. We purchase it from Dubois.
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We not use any biofilms and you may learn why on this publish. To study what we’ve been doing as a substitute, learn right here.
Since we’ve gotten the Jang, we haven’t accomplished any thinning of vegetation. To not say it’s the proper seeder (we nonetheless get pissed off with the outcomes of seeding beets), however we’re very proud of it. The Earthway seeder nonetheless will get used for peas and beans as a result of it does an amazing job with that however the Jang is liable for the remainder on our farm.
4) Winstrip trays
It’s gross to us to should throw out damaged flimsy plastic seed trays after which simply purchase new ones that we all know can have the identical destiny. We count on our Winstrip trays to final our lifetime and we’re very proud of the well being of the ensuing seedlings. To us, they’re substitute for soil blocks additionally (with their aspect slits and huge backside gap for air pruning in addition to the great structure for air circulation up high), since we discovered transplanting with soil blocks much less satisfying than with plugs. These will not be simple to purchase…it’s important to wait till the order is giant sufficient to justify making a brand new batch….may very well be a couple of years even for the scale plug trays you need.
5) CoolBot
What would we do with out you, little CoolBot? We might spend much more cash to get storage temperature for our crops. Additionally, I like the truth that it dries out the air. All of our bins of greens are saved coated with lids anyway and I feel it’s higher for my flower crops that the air is chilly however not humid. We purchased ours from Retailer It Chilly.
If you wish to share your High 5 instruments, I’d like to learn them within the Feedback beneath. We’re all the time on the look-out for brand spanking new instruments to extend effectivity and total enjoyment!
