[Jesse Kayan]

We use an I&J walking cultivator to get between tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and other plastic-planted crops. We have a variety of walk-behind cultivators and you’re right that the I&J steers poorly (especially the wider you set it) and is top-heavy. But I like the versatile setup–we use it with 4″ sweeps but you could easily put on any number of other tools and the fact that it’s made of metal and I don’t have to worry about the wood decaying and snapping in the field. We’re ‘just up the road’ in Brattleboro if you ever want to try one out again.

Jesse
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[Jesse Kayan]

Hi all,

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond with such detail and insight. Apologies for taking as long as I have to respond–it’s that time thing again! I agree with Carl that there’s a way of thinking about this that I’m still learning. Building the system around the horses will likely be a lot more successful than trying to fit the horses to the system. We are using many of the strategies you’ve outlined and experimenting. We’ve begun leaving the horses out at night and feeding a light lunch of hay during the day. So far this has helped a lot, especially during this heat.

Thanks so much again. I’ll update again when we’ve digested some of our work.

Jesse

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