packing shares at Eatwell in the summer shade house
Brush weeder for cultivating 12 rows spaced 5" apart. It can be steered from the back.
Nigel sitting on a finger weeder for cultivating three row crops on an 80" bed. The cultivator can be steered from the seat on the back so that the tractor driver can concentrate on looking forward.
A simple transplanting sled. The angled board is for holding plants. Three planters sit on the flad board and plant through the holes in the floor. The shanks in front mark the rows and can have tubes mounted for planting favas or potatoes.
A flat roller and a ring roller for flattening beds and breaking up clods.
Case Maxxum 125 Hp tractor with the earthen farm house under construction in the background.
A heavy flail mower from Rears Manufacturing
Case Tractor with a heavy flail mower from Rears Manufacturing
A skid steer set up with pallet forks for moving fruit bins.
The old box truck with chalk boards on the side for farmers market signage.
Examples of 600' long beds, 80" wide and seeded with 12 rows in a very wet spring. Lombardy poplars break up the fields and offer protection from wind and a bit of shade for the crew.
3 of the farm's 50' chicken houses built on trailers to be moved around the fields.
Grain storage bins for wheat.
The farm's JD compost spreader which is prefered to the spreader in the background because it doesn't clog as easily.
The back of the brush weeder. The brush weeder will weed 12 rows, 5" apart. It can be steered from the seat in the back which allows the tractor driver to concentrate on looking forward.
A brush weeder, imported from Switzerland, which will weed between 12 rows, 5" apart.
The farm's BWImplement mulcher for making billard table flat, smooth 80" beds
One of several cultivating sleds on the farm. Cone wheels are mounted on the front of the sled for guidance on the shoulders of the beds.
There are no permanent structures on the farm so storage is in hoop houses, shipping containers and temporary sheds.
The farm's packing space in a hoop house coverd with plastic and shade cloth for the winter. The packing space is very simple with just a double wash sink and a collapsible skate wheel table.
One of the farm's Sprinter delivery vans with racks for boxes in the back. The fan is parked next to the packing area which is in a hoop house with shade cloth.
collapsible skate wheel tables for easily moving boxes around at a working height.
The farm's wash sink set up with four spray heads that are hard mounted to free up hands. There are large ball valves on the bottom for quickly filling the sinks.
