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 Farm
Beds
Farm beds are essential for successful farming, at least in my opinion. Many
people say making beds is not really necessary so basically it depends on what
works for you.
A farm bed is a raised area of soil, often used to grow the same thing. Farm
beds are also used to separate things which should not be grown together. There
are many benefits to using farm beds including easier access, easier harvesting,
better weed control, good drainage, and aesthetics. From straight line beds, to
rectangles and squares, to free form designs, the choice is really up to you.
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 Straight Line Beds
These are typically long narrow beds, often called rows, used by conventional
farmers to facilitate the use of machinery for sowing, cultivating, and
harvesting. Tractors and other machines can easily navigate straight line beds,
thereby saving time and money, and increasing the amount produced for a given
area.
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 Square or Rectangular Beds
These are rarely used by conventional farmers due to
the lack of accessibility of tractors and other farm machines. In addition,
sowing and harvesting are much more time consuming. These beds are great,
however, for the non-mechanized farm. I decided on this type of bed for my farms
many years ago. Specifically, I use rectangular beds measuring one meter in
width. At the beginning, when I using only hand tools, I preferred beds
measuring one meter on each side. After injuring both shoulders, I purchased a
rototiller and now my beds are up to 20 meters long, but still only one meter
wide. These beds are pretty easy when it comes to sowing, cultivating, and
harvesting, and this is a much better way to protect your crops from wind
damage.
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 Free Form Beds
Free Form beds are exactly what they sound
like....um....free form. These beds can be anything you want
them to be. Many times a park or other public place will use
flowers or bushes to spell out words or to make specific
designs. These would be examples of free form beds. Japanese
seem to be very fond of doing this.
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