Homemade lawn roller
Jean Vallee
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Comments (3)To make the Tea, put five quarts of manure on a 3' X 3' square of burlap or other porous cloth that will act as a strainer to separate the solids from the liquid. Tie the four corners of the burlap together to form a bag. Put the bag in a 5-gallon bucket and add three gallons of warm water. Allow it to steep in the warm sunshine for a week. Remove the bag and suspend it above the bucket until it stops dripping. To use the Tea, dilute it until it is about the color of Kitchen Tea. This should be about one cup of concentrate to one gallon of water. Use it to water your plants at soil level. It is not recommended for wetting the leaves because the evaporation may increase whatever aroma is present in the Tea....See MoreRoller or not roller, that is the question
Comments (1)Hello flimps. I have not seen rotary walk behind lawn mowers with back rollers here in the USA. I guess the four wheel mowers sell best in the USA. Honda HRX 426 RX 17" 43 cm Petrol Roller Lawnmower This petrol push lawnmower is manufactured for the small to medium garden where the owner does not require drive or the area is flat. www.justhonda.co.uk Hope this helps. Good day....See MoreHomemade implements for a MTD
Comments (1)It is possible to get results with simple homemade attachments. My grandfather graded his wooded-then-bulldozed lot by dragging a 4' steel I-beam behind his tractor. The only problem is, a 13hp MTD is hardly a tractor. You might want to try to find a used Deere 240/245/260/265 or a GT242/262/275. These are very rugged tractors which usually sell for $500-700 online. And they're made to pull things....See MoreHomemade plastic mulch layer
Comments (27)Minnie's link reminded me...I've looked into mulch layers in the past and the farm equipment sites seem to indicate that you need a BIG tractor. Our Kubota is 24hp and, according to what I read, would be too small? How big is your tractor Jay? Is it having any trouble power-wise? The only beds I'm forming with plastic like your by-hand picture are my sweet potatoes, and that is way too good of exercise, I'm glad I only have 100 feet! The other heat lovers get used "lumber wrap" laid on the ground and stapled as needed. Lumber wrap is what covers the units of lumber when they leave the sawmill. It's heavy duty woven plastic, white on one side and black on the other. It comes in 4-5 ft widths and 25-60 ft long. For those of you without husbands in construction, you could probably get it at the lumber store. It works great and is way way easier to pull up at the end of the season. Downsides are that the winds catches it easier than the other plastic mulch that is tucked in everywhere, and it takes more room in the garbage at the end of the season. But free is a good price!...See Moreranger481vs
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