Sharing our practice
Streamlining the CUCUMBER harvest process + the QLIPR SYSTEM
This week we are looking at cucumber management, peak season harvest techniques and equipment. We use the round-nosed serrated Victornox knife for harvest available everywhere, and a Ryset...
Washing Salad in the Bubbler at Roebuck Farm
Today we are washing salads in our stainless steel bubbler. Our RECENT POST covered the design and specs. The goal is for the salad to move by itself...
How to build speed, efficiency + consistency into your microgreen harvesting
Years back we picked up a great method of harvesting micro greens using the Quick-Cut Greens Harvester. Jeremy Mueller from Common Place farm in Oregon was the first...
EASY HACKS to improve your DIRECT SEEDER
I hear from farmers that all farm innovation comes from on farm. We’ve modified all our tools over the years here’s some changes we have made to our...
Approaches we are using in the new greenhouse
We tour our new greenhouse which has been12 months in the making. It is a 400m² high-wind Redpath design. We have planned 20 beds that are 15.5 m...
What we love about the Japanese SUMI SOAKER
The highly portable Sumi soaker irrigation has been a game changer for us providing the fastest, most gentle, and even irrigation we have seen ideal for germinating, cover...
A better way to sow cover crops with the Jang JP5
In the past, we have sown cover crops by scatter sowing the seeds, and using the Tither to run over top burying the seeds. Now we have found...
How we speed up propagation + optimise both germination and seedling health at the same time.
The drop seeder is a game changer for efficiency + consistency in propagation. Here we take a look at Drop Seeders and a custom version we had made...
How to transform a hard pan compact soil into light + fluffy sponge cake ready for planting!
We have developed the Roebuck fork over the last six years + it has been a fundamental game changer for our bed preparation. Steps to prepare a new...
Why we modified our Bubbler design
Video notes: The spa blower referred to is from davey.com.au model number Q5601C38 Current 4.1 amps Power, 940 watts. These dimensions maximise the stainless steel inputs. The water...
