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Planet Jr.

More Planet Jr. action!

Fri, May 06, 2016
Planet Jr in action

[From 5 May 2016] The Planet Jr. rides again. Clara learns the way of the antique seeder, having just laid down three rows of Kestrel beets. This old seeder continues to serve well!

Categories Fieldwork, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies

Planet Jr. x Beets

Mon, Nov 18, 2013Mon, Nov 18, 2013

[From 8-May-2013] Beet seed in ye olde Planet Jr. hopper. Still celebrating this seeder: takes some getting to know, and well worth it. A little rusty, but working like new.

Categories Fieldwork, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies

Planet Jr. rides again

Thu, Apr 12, 2012Sun, Apr 08, 2012

Rolled out the Planet Jr. seeder and got in a first 300′ of peas. Sugar Ann snap peas, that’s edible pod. This is just ahead of three days of colder temperatures, rain, and possibly snow. Since the weather forecast lately …

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Categories Fieldwork, Tools, Veggies

Well-thinned carrots, growing well!

Sun, Dec 11, 2011Tue, Oct 04, 2011
Touchon carrots

Checking in on the fairly massive time investment we made in thinning 800′ of late-planted Touchon carrots—and it’s paying off! Not that there was any doubt that thinning works, it’s just so…tedious. After laying down carrot seed thick (in other …

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Categories Fieldwork, Veggies, Weather

Planet Jr. rising

Thu, Jun 18, 2009Tue, Jun 16, 2009

This year the antique Planet Jr. seeder finally took over from the Earthway, to handle most of the direct seeding. We’ve been using it for everything but tiny carrot and lettuce seed, where the lighter Earthway is easier to maneuver …

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