Slow Hand Farm
 
Welcome to Slow Hand Farm - August 2008
 
July and August are busy months on the farm, and I’ve been feeling the season ramp up as well.  I finally got the bulk of the winter seedings finished in the garden, experimenting with one of Johnny’s six row seeders, which seems to do a good job with small seeded crops if you have a very fine seed bed.  Not very practical for very small seedings but nice at a small production scale.  
 
I also tried out a Tamarack Hoe for prepping seed beds.  The roller in front does a great job of breaking up clods and smoothing out the soil.  I’m not sure if these are still available but if you know a source I’d love to hear about it. The handle on the one I have needs a little work, and again, it’s more appropriate for a large garden or small farm.  I’m trying both of those tools thanks to Abby and Zoë Bradbury who were nice enough to lend them to me when I visited their farm last month.
 
As always, take a look around the site.  Let me know what you think and wish me luck.  
 
Thanks for stopping by,
 
Josh Volk, Slow Hand Farm, Portland, OR, USA