• Using the 6' Woods rototiller to turn in sweet corn before planting a cover crop.
  • Using the 6' Woods rototiller to turn in sweet corn before planting a cover crop.
  • Using the 6' Woods rototiller to turn in sweet corn before planting a cover crop. The quick release bucket on the tractor front of the tractor is removed to give better visibitly and clearance around fences. The cab is a nice addition to the tractor, protecting the driver from dust, noise, sun and cold, and the mirrors help avoid neck strain.
  • Using the 6' Woods rototiller to turn in sweet corn before planting a cover crop.
  • The Schmeiser chisel Plow at Skyline Farm.
  • The Schmeiser chisel Plow at Skyline Farm.
  • The rotary mower at Skyline Farm.
  • A simple tool bar with mounted with three furrowers . These are used for making furrows to plant potatoes and leeks.
  • Skyline Farm uses a modified Scotts lawn spreader to spread organic amendments on beds.
  • A custom built, high cleareance farm cart with a flat bed at Skyline Farm.
  • The custom cart can be fitted with a rolling bed marker to mark out planting rows and in line spacing. The wheels of the cart mark out the pathways.
  • The custom cart can be fitted with a rolling bed marker to mark out planting rows and in line spacing. The wheels of the cart mark out the pathways. The bed in the background has been marked with the cart.
  • Planting a bed marked with the custom cart and rolling bed marker at Skyline Farm. The 2' bed width makes straddling beds easy.
  • A custom built, high cleareance farm cart with a removable bed at Skyline Farm. The farm uses Rubbermaid totes for harvest and deliveries.
  • A custom built, high cleareance farm cart with a removable bed at Skyline Farm. The farm uses Rubbermaid totes for harvest and deliveries. The Kubota utility vehicle in the background is jokingly refered to as the powered garden cart.
  • Cut greens beds at Skyline Farm. The farm's Kubota RTV 900 utility vehicle is used for hauling harvests to the barn.
  • Skyline Farms small collection of hand tools neatly organized on a rack in the barn.
  • A simple overhead sprinkler set up using Nelson Windfighter heads, sprinkler sleds and poly pipe to connect multiple heads.
  • An example of a simple stand for the drip winder.
  • Ein Dor sprinklers are used to water the greenhouse. They give a heavier droplet than misters which is less effected by air movement.
  • The greenhouse at Skyline Farm. Spaghetti tubing on the left table circulates hot water to help with germination. Floating row cover can be draped over the table to conserve heat, and the bottom of the tables are insulated with ridgid insulation.
  • When sections of the bottom heat table are not in use they are covered with rigid insulation to conserve heat.
  • Water for bottom heat is heated with a household propane water heater. The 12" vertical duct on the right pulls air from the top of the greenhouse and pushes it down underground through 1500' of perforated pipe to store heat in the soil and to keep the house from freezing in the winter.
  • The simple wash and pack area at Skyline Farm with a wire topped table for root washing, ice machine and three tub sink for dunking and cooling, digital scale, and small walk in cooler. The gutter at the end of the slab catches soil and drains to dirt trap and then a perforated pipe to keep the in front of the slab from getting muddy.
  • The simple wash area at Skyline farm. An ice machine and three tub sink are used for cooling greens before they go into the small walk in cooler.
  • Building bins for harvest storage at Skyline Farm
  • Farm built bins that can be moved with pallet forks for storing bulky dry crops like onions. The Kubota RTV utility vehicle can also carry bins in its bed.
  • Danny Percich threshes dry beans using a Rotohoe chipper shredder at Skyline Farm.
  • Matt Gordon winnows golden flax in front of a fan at Skyline Farm
  • farm built drying racks at Skyline Farm. The design for these racks came from Anthony Boutard at Ayers Creek Farm.
  • farm built drying racks at Skyline Farm. The design for these racks came from Anthony Boutard at Ayers Creek Farm.
  • Matt Gordon harvests popcorn at Skyline Farm
  • Shelling Painted Mountain corn using an antique corn sheller in the barn at Skyline Farm. Squash and onions are stored in farm build bins in the background.