agricultural tools https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/t382 Runboard| agricultural tools en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:59:01 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:59:01 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 keyline plowhttps://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p3359,from=rss#post3359https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p3359,from=rss#post3359YouTube nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheLivingShadow)Sun, 01 Jun 2014 09:50:13 +0000 Labor Saving Devices to Save Your Sanityhttps://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p1541,from=rss#post1541https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p1541,from=rss#post1541Off-Grid Machines: Labor Saving Devices to Save Your Sanity Nice article on things like a wine press: Treadle Sewing Machine Hand-Crank Grain Mill Solar Oven Tool Set Hand-wringer washer Wine press I´m thinking something with which to melt iron would be good, too, as a basic.nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheLivingShadow)Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:51:45 +0000 shredders and choppershttps://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p1534,from=rss#post1534https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p1534,from=rss#post1534It may not be the first thing one might think is important but according to people who know about composting, something to chop up branches can really make a big difference. Yes, if you leave a branch in a compost heap long enough, EVENTUALLY it will break down, but... - chopped wood offers mulch (for protecting crops, etc.) - you'll save time and gain efficiency by shredding - having a homogenous compost heap is much easier - you can grow on heaps of tree mulch [works very well] All in all having a shredder can REALLY make a big difference. nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheLivingShadow)Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:07:01 +0000 THIS IS IMPORTANT!https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p897,from=rss#post897https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p897,from=rss#post897I was thinking about seedlings... pH is EVERYTHING! And if you don't have knowledge about what kind of soil your seeds or seedlings require, you can easily lose them. Just to illustrate, realize this: When you drown, you DON'T die for lack of oxygen... You die because of CO2 poisoning! You die because your body expells CO2 constantly AS A pH BALANCING TACTIC. CO2 is acidic and your body is CONSTANTLY balancing acid/alkaline levels and your lungs play a big part in this. Just the buildup of CO2 if you're body isn't able to expell it will kill you within minutes (if not sooner). This is how people can sleep without fresh air (though it's really pretty stupid); all peole need is the ability to breath CO2 OUT, not so much to breathe O2 in. I knew this guy they called "Moll", short for mollman, as it were; he would sleep with the sheets pulled up over his head so his friends thought he was like a moll, surviving underground. His O2, of course, would've been at dangerous levels but he could sleep this way because IT'S NOT ABOUT 02 primarily; it's about pH! So if you have a few bucks, get yourself a pH meter! It could save your life (since soil is so important).nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheLivingShadow)Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:39:14 +0000 agricultural toolshttps://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p863,from=rss#post863https://b2012overleven.runboard.com/p863,from=rss#post8632 great and affordable tools for creating good soil are: - ppm/TDS meter - pH meter Minerals can be added to compost or soil simply by adding a solution of seawater. This is better and cheaper than any fertilizer one can buy. It only has one drawback and one reason for the pH meter: seawater minerals make the soil more alkaline. That means that an acidifying agent, like manure, possibly needs to be added to adjust the pH value of soil or compost. pH values can be essential for the health of plants/trees or for allowing seeds to sprout. Farmers who through lime or some other calcium source are passing up the opportunity to add seaminerals by using seawater. Life is extremely pH sensitive, though it therefore also usually has all kinds of means of balancing pH values. Seedlings and seeds, however, especially have a limited ability to do so and the proper values for each species should be either known or learned. The pH meter, then, can either help determine the necessary pH value or values can be checked and noted for future reference, i.e. as a valuable research tool.nondisclosed_email@example.com (TheLivingShadow)Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:26:41 +0000