An important tool for organic gardening in the Midwest is a plastic layer. Why? Here in the Midwest, weeds are a terrible nuisance to the successful cultivation of crops. The answer to them in the past half century has been to spray chemical herbicide. In order to get away for these sprays, organic farmers plant into a raised bed that has been covered with a very thin film of plastic. That is where this tool comes in. It does just about everything. Once the operator starts the row, the tractor driver takes off. And from there the plastic layer completes all the remaining necessary steps. In one motion, it gathers soil, lays the plastic and hills the sides of the beds.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Plastic Layer
An important tool for organic gardening in the Midwest is a plastic layer. Why? Here in the Midwest, weeds are a terrible nuisance to the successful cultivation of crops. The answer to them in the past half century has been to spray chemical herbicide. In order to get away for these sprays, organic farmers plant into a raised bed that has been covered with a very thin film of plastic. That is where this tool comes in. It does just about everything. Once the operator starts the row, the tractor driver takes off. And from there the plastic layer completes all the remaining necessary steps. In one motion, it gathers soil, lays the plastic and hills the sides of the beds.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment