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My Waterfall and My Truck
Read more of Digging Italy » Tags construction , creek , rick gush , truck , vespa , water , waterfall My Vespa will carry two bags of concrete or 12 big bricks. The Vespa is more than 30 years old, and I'm planning to take it apart, paint everything...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Why Every Hobby Farmer Needs a Farm Truck
Although tractors (and lately, ATVs and UTVs ) tend to take the spotlight when discussing workaholic farm vehicles, I'll venture to say that no farm—hobby or otherwise—is truly complete without a tried-and-true, tough-as-nails farm truck to serve...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Highway Bill\'s Farm-truck Exemption Awaits House Approval
“Transportation laws and regulations should not saddle farmers with additional regulatory hurdles simply because they farm closer to a processor in another state than a processor in their own state,” says NFU president Roger Johnson.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Let It Tow: Choose the Correct Vehicle for Towing Your Loads
Overhead clearance lights let oncoming traffic know there's a “big rig” on the road. Connecting the trailer to a receiver hitch is quick and easy and, depending on the rating, can haul as much as 6 tons.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Local CSAs
South Bronx CSA P.O. Box 540189 Bronx, NY 10454 212-729-6384 southbronxcsa@gmail.com Arrangements: Pickup Southside CSA southsidecsa@gmail.com Arrangements: Pickup at The Woods 48 South 4th St. Brooklyn, NY Sunset Park 980 Fourth Ave., Box 143 Brooklyn,...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Traveling with Livestock
A crate can also be loaded in the bed of the truck, but it should be pulled up close behind the cab and secured with tie-downs. Always drive carefully, accelerating and slowing down gradually, and watch those turns! Don't make your animals scramble or...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fiddleheads!!!
Drain and then smother withbutter and salt to taste. The traditional method of eating fiddleheads is to cover with cold water and boil until tender, roughly 8 to 10 minutes. Usually a highly guarded secret.
California
El Segundo
The Numbers of Leaves
During the leaf season, November to February, we estimate a total of 3 feet of leaf depth. 1990.http://compost.css.cornell.edu/factsheet2.pdf 10 Oct 2008Biernbaum & Fogiel. Once started it became a perpetual source of compost for our gardens, spread as...
California
El Segundo
Old Patio, New Patios
We have a long way to go on the project, but just having it underway feels great! Here's to new beginnings! « More Dirt on Gardening » Tags Jessica Walliser , patio , patios , pavers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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As is true of most things and places, the more money, the better one ate. One of the most common and easiest to make of the early American puddings was a thrown together mixture of cornmeal, milk and molasses.
California
El Segundo
A Moveable Feast - Urban Farm Online
“We'll pull in, sell for 30 minutes and then pack up and head to the next town.” Tags gorge grown , Jodi Helmer , mobile grocery store , mobile market , revival foods You don't have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to buy locally grown foods.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
The tete-a-tete daffodil - enjoy it twice, once in a pot and forever in your garden!
It was supposed to be for the whole family, but none of us noticed whether it was getting watered or not, and eventually ... I'm buried in paperwork, not seeds . Their perky brightI think these days at the big box stores, they actually get tominiature...
California
El Segundo
Recipe for CSA Success
Of course, the restaurants benefit, too. Moore Farms drops off 10 to 12 boxes of produce every Wednesday, and members are allowed to pick up their shares between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. According to Satterfield, partnering with Moore Farms to distribute CSA...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Recycled Building Projects, How to build a deck for $150
For a easy way to do this cut a 1" square bock of wood and tape it to one end of your 4' level, instant 1/4" per foot drop. It took me 2 saturdays and one very large crowbar to remove two trailer loads of cedar decking, pressure treated beams and joists,...
California
El Segundo
Tools of the Trade: Choosing a Hay Baler
While each has unique features unto itself, the Massey Ferguson 1835 and Hesston 4550 balers share a slew of stellar attributes, among them Curved pickup teeth to nab hay other balers miss; Centering augers that reduce windrow size to accommodate 61”...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Water: The Fuel Frontier?
… The technology is out there. In the experiments, Lutz and Anderson use the hydrogen and oxygen produced from the electrolysis process in addition to the normal combustion of an internal combustion engine.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Making Do
Roger keeps a beef herd, and over winter the manure collects around the hay sheds and other feeding areas. Night was falling, rain was expected and I needed it out of my truck. I just needed to “make do.” An hour of banging old timbers and scrap plywood...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Low-tech Leaf Mover
Tags Jim Ruen , mulching , raking leaves , tarp When the leaves are falling in 70- and 80-degree weather like they are this year, we have to store the leaves for a week or two or three.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Seven Year Itch
Handsome Man bought a new pickup with which to haul the rented tiller. We have a pickup, and mulch was cheap last year. New pickups aren't meant for that sort of degradation anyway.Labor Day is for labor when you are on the Seven-Year-Plan.
California
El Segundo
Farmers Markets Food, Fun and Family
(Take your camera - pictures are welcome!) If your local market is not listed, please add them or They're up at 4 am checking the truck making sure they haven't forgotten anything.
California
El Segundo
Scoring Grow Lights
That would be so much more convenient than trekking to the basement every day to check on tomato seedlings and lettuce starts. He put it in the back of his pickup truck and took it to her house.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
How do I Calculate Transport Costs?
Include the number and cost of containers to be transported (if paying a set fee per container or paying per weight), driver fees (along with fees associated with maintaining his truck) and fuel costs (single or round trip).
California
Santa Monica
Essential Tools & Equipment for the Small Farm
They are balanced in such a way as to be easy on the back. You might also consider a broadfork . Among my favorites: the time we drove 30 large turkeys to the poultry processing plant, and the time we had half a dozen ducks and geese (and several big...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Trailers: To Hitch or to Haul
Some states may require a CDL, even if you are exempt from the federal regulation, if the GVCWR of your trailer and truck exceeds 10,001 lbs., a weight that is fairly easy to exceed with anything above a two-horse bumper-pull trailer.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
How to Sell Pine Straw
Also ask if they will rake and bale the pine straw for you or if you should deliver it to them raked.If you must rake the needles yourself, use a standard garden rake. Pine straw mulch remains loose and allows air and water to infiltrate the ground below,...
California
Santa Monica
What The Microloans Program Can Do For You
“This new truck now helps us improve the quality and freshness of our farm produce when we deliver into the Chicago market,” explains Peg Sheaffer. The microloans program illustrates a small but significant positive shift in funding opportunities...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
The Secret To Free Firewood
The Chain Saw I use a chain saw with a 14-inch bar to cut the pallets, but the longer the bar, the longer the chain will be, and that means you can go longer between sharpenings. Pretty quickly, I have a blocky pile of ready-to-burn oak that I can load...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia