Barncast 118 -- Seed planter - Geek.Farm.Life Podcast

Intro
Farm Phone 206-202-GOAT

Call 1 - squirrel & raccoon problems in garden
Matt in Ohio â€“ sparrows in barn, turkeys & chickens together â€“ protozoan disease (blackhead)
How do we get along?
Ellen â€“ coated fleece rant!

Round-Up

Numbers
Baby, Molly
Rabbits
Tilling & planting
Morel Mushrooms

Farm â€“ Seed Planter

Earthway planter purchased from Lehmanâ€™s
11 different plates (comes with 5, 6 optional)
Benefits:
Adjustable seed depth, row width. Plate controls how far apart each seed is dropped.
Cut the time to plant the garden by something like 90%, and no sore back after!
Negatives
Need to till the soil
Must be relatively flat
Twigs, sticks may be caught in it as you are going through the soil
Need a good amount of seed, may not work on small sampler packs
Loss at the end of row, very short rows donâ€™t work well
Conclusion â€“ We love it so far, waiting to see how germination is!

Comments

Chris on 2008-05-15 11:33:32

Hi Misty & Andrew Really enjoy your podcasts! Thanks for taking the time to do them :) Wondering if you heard about the goat here in Iowa that gave birth to Quintuplets? Ouch Have a great week!

Warren on 2008-05-14 18:11:05

I have an older version of that planter and I love it. It suffers from the same issues you mention but it makes everything a lot easier! There are a few like mine on ebay right now for pretty low prices too.

andrew on 2008-05-14 18:26:46

Thanks Warren, that would have been much smarter! Oh well!

Here's a link to all of them on ebay.

misty on 2008-05-13 21:36:36

It's Maggie Righetti. :) Here is her most popular book, Knitting in Plain English. :)

Laura on 2008-05-13 16:05:17

I was wondering if you could email me the names of the knitting reference book by Maggie Orgetti you mentioned in podcast 117? I can't seem to get the spelling right, and google is making good enough guesses either. Thanks!