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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Muddy Fingers Farm, a 2-person veggie farm in Hector, NY make a living producing vegetables on a small acreage. This video is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (http://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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excellent! Thank you for sharing your hard learned knowledge!
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I do the same minimal tillage on my farm. I grow on quite a bit more land so my grass strips are wide enough to mow with a riding lawn mower as to not add unnecessary compaction to the row. I use a 3 point tiller behind a Kubota l3410 with a factory loader but I hope to upgrade to a Ford like this operation has.
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awesome look forward to see how you get on
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great way of looking at things,keep pluging away!
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It's good to see young people using the land, and appreciating the simple life.
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Totally right and being able to repopulate quickly is a big deal. No till would be better but if they arent creating enough volume to pull that off this is the next best thing. I would go one better and use the strips mow and mulch.
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You need walkways between beds or you can't access them, so I don't see a waste here. I think it's a great use of land that can't be used for cash crops.
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they're not getting the most out of their land. The permenant grassy strips that they walk on is a waist.
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No-Till is the way to go.
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use a no till system it is healthier for the soil. Put fertility into the soil don't take it out by tilling. But just my two cents do what works for you !
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I didn't see any animals being implemented into your program for things like chickens for spreading fertilizer and weeding your gardens. You could put chickens in mobile hoop houses on your grassy areas to eat bugs and pests that would attack your veggies. Then the eggs could be eaten while shells could be further composted. Alternating your crop rows each year would rest the soil for a season and save on buying compost. Your intentions are noble but the methods can use refinement.
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Please keep posting these videos!!! I love them!