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Sun, squashes and… circus tricks?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgToLv-RaU  A glorious sunny day for Cropshare again, this time round our volunteers were working on their sun tans (or burns in my case) and planting out around 2500 squash plants, of different varieties- Harlequin, Harrier, Hunter… and courgettes too.  Harlequin squash plants Squash plants loaded onto planting machine Smaller plants were planted out on the planting machine, and others by hand either into bare soil or through mypex- a plastic “reusable mulch”, as explained by a Cropshare member...
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Fun on the lay down weeder

Weeding small carrots on the lay down weeder  Another Cropshare workday, another piece of farm equipment that somehow resembles a fairground ride. This time our volunteers got to have a go at the lay down weeder- a tractor-pulled rig where 6 people can lay side by side and are able to hand weed small crops efficiently. Today we weeded the carrot crop. Check out the great video by our volunteer Axel to see the action, firstly from...
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