Best Pickup Truck

I pushed the Vespa—still loaded—to the nearest mechanic. I have a friend who volunteered to help me move, and he has a regular-sized truck. It's a tank, very seldom breaks and costs almost nothing to fix when it does break.

It doesn't even necessarily have to be a truck, though a truck often is preferable. So if you're farming without a farm truck, by all means, consider getting one. A farm truck doesn't have to be a truck, but any automobile you use in a wide variety of...

The amendment would allow all states to exempt farm trucks from federal regulations, such as logging hours of service and performing vehicle inspections, without the state's transportation funding being terminated.

The load might be as small as a few 50-pound sacks of feed or as large as a 5-ton tractor. Diesel engines typically produce more torque for heavier loads and have a reputation for being rugged and dependable, as well as fuel-efficient.

Portage, MI 49002 269-216-4368 katie@arcadia-farms.net Arrangements: Delivery to your work or home Minnesota Bossy Acres P.O. Box 7250 Minneapolis, MN 5407 bossy-acres@hotmail.com Arrangements: Pickup (several locations in/around the Twin Cities) Tangletown...

Goats that live with sheep must be tagged or tattooed. It's important to protect animals hauled in trucks from wind, cold and rain, and if you stop in the summer, be sure to park in the shade so your animals don't overheat.

I drove away from there, rubbing my hands together in anticipationStart scouting your secret patch a few weeks before Mother's Day. This is the proper way to harvest any wild food, always leave behind more than you take ensuring the plants are around...

Using the "Calculating Cubic Yards of Leaves" chart at left, that gives us 7,263 CY of leaves every season!An Internet search turned up several conflicting weights for leaves. The wild mushrooms seem to like our mix of compost, too.Our "community” involves...

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My least favorite is cherry with brandy. There was something about it that brought to mind long ago Christmases and church youth choirs and riding in the back of a flat bed truck, singing Christmas carols up and down the hollows of southeast Kentucky.

Putting the market on wheels allows farmers to move between locations, increasing access to fresh, locally grown produce. The mobile market makes eight stops per week, throwing open its doors to offer veggies, fruit, meat, milk and eggs at schools, parks,...

I'm buried in paperwork, not seeds . In particular, we often find t?te-?-t?te narcissus, in bud or blooming already, their cheery yellow flowers tempting us, quickening our heartbeats and lightening our steps.

“We develop closer relationships with the farmers who supply us with produce,” says Satterfield. Steven Satterfield, co-owner and executive chef at Miller Union, started offering CSA pickups at his Atlanta farm-to-table restaurant in 2009.

I had enough materials left over to make a pump house, benching in the greenhouse, shelves in the house, another small deck for the hot tub ($9 in screws) and i still have some extra stuff.

Within three years, Allis-Chalmers marketed more than 23,000 Roto-Balers. Each design has its advocates, but most agree straight-line balers are easier to maneuver through gates and around small fields.

But for Grandma to go out and take the garden hose to fill up her car and go to the store is a long way off. “The hydrogen is a great source of fuel, and the oxygen is the oxidant—as is oxygen from the air, which you use in your car to burn the fuel.”...

What I didn't have was a clear idea of how I was going to get the manure down the hill to my gardens. Sometimes making do isn't so bad. Last week I brought home a load of cow manure from my neighbor Roger.

The tarp is easy to load, too, a lot easier than a cart or pickup box. 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.

Last year's use of slick paper netted many unwanted toadstools in the flower bed. We have three, and we began with not so much as a tree., but Handsome Man was leery regarding our compacted construction clay.

Each one is a little different in its own unique way. They're up at 4 am checking the truck making sure they haven't forgotten anything. This scene is repeated across the country every Saturday morning.Melons, eggs, turnips and onions.

He put it in the back of his pickup truck and took it to her house. I haven't decided where to put it yet but I may move it upstairs into the family room. The whole system is about 5 feet tall and has three tiers of grow lights.

Add in the cost of ground transportation to the additional transportation costs. In addition, you are paying for the fees of the truck whether it is full or not, so combine your costs by joining with other farmers to fill the truck to capacity.Total the...

Electric Tools Daniel Johnson Dozens of electric power tools are available at hardware and home stores, but there are two essentials for any type of farm construction project: a circular saw (shown here) and an electric drill/driver (pictured at the top...

Trailer Features: Contruction, Safety Today's trailers are constructed using aluminum, steel or a combination of an aluminum skin over a steel frame. There are some other safety features to look for as well: Check that latches and connecters are easy...

Call several and ask their current price. Avoid using a rake with metal prongs because they are more likely to damage the soft earth beneath the needles.Shovel the pine straw into a wheelbarrow or large yard waste bag.

The microloans program illustrates a small but significant positive shift in funding opportunities within the FSA as the agency embraces and supports the growth of small-scale farm operations that often have smaller credit needs.

Try persuading a stone yard to set their oak pallets aside until they could run a dump truck full out to your place so they could be rid of them without paying landfill fees. At the beginning and end of the season, we just burn a fire through the night.