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Ruth and Kent Coates
Fall Rye Green Manure and Potatoes pre-emergence
Our Fleet of Work Savers
Freshly Transplanted Squash
Along for the Ride
Our "New to Us" Van and CSA vegetable pick-up
Picking Carrots for Market and CSA Pick-Up
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2011 Vegetables
Turn your volume down for the tractor videos (marked with (tractor))!
Here is a video of us planting potatoes (tractor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AynCNKk1Cs
Here is a video of Kent’s first prototype belly mounted cultivators and three Planet Jr Seeders. We are getting closer to eliminating hand weeding!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6AVMmwvw9s
Here is a video of us planting Broccoli. 1100 plants transplanted after supper and before the rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQQAswKhV3k
Here are several Videos of different tractor operations we do – they seem more interesting and easier to video than meticulous hand weeding:
Planting Beets (tractor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272w_Z8hfKg
Ploughing (tractor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZTqkCqLFs
Seeding Buckwheat (tractor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KlQiN1115Y
Hilling Potatoes (tractor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SggCknAlW-Q
Irrigation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBouB0YJVDg
SHEEP – here is a video of our flock on fresh pasture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MEm623VJq8
Wow – had no idea how potatoes and broccoli were planted in a commercial business. Loved watching the videos and seeing you all and hearing the voices. Tell Genie to lift her fchin next time the video is rolling to catch her face too!!!!
Bet the produce tastes great – pity the big pond separates us from testing it for ourselves.
Lots of love to you all.
Auntie Joy!!
Hi Joy! The potato planter is Kent’s design – it saves between 3 and 4 days from our previous method (by hand!). The Hatfield planter (the red tube we throw the transplants down) is pretty low tech but a bit improvement over crawling up and down the field! We are getting ready for a busy next week as we try to plant all the seeds that should have been planted in the last few weeks. It has beem wet for a solid month…..
We are going to try to continue posting short videos so stay tuned! Ruth