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April 2010: Most crops are planted

Drilling onions using a Monosem drill which has been developed by ourselves

The onion seed

Ridging up 75cm wide beds for carrots

Filling the potato planter from Joppe chitting sacks

Planting the potatoes using a Structural belt planter from a contractor. The combination is steered by RTK-GPS

A lot has happened in the land during the past month. The grass/clover and onions have been drilled. The potatoes were planted by a contractor. The first celeriac has also been planted. Before all the seed- and plant work the land has been prepared in multiple passes to kill weeds. The onions have been fertilised with nitrogen and lime in the form of Vinasse-lime, a waste product from the sugar factory. In preparation of potato planting the land has been injected with slurry by our crawler using an umbilical injector from a contractor. We have also drilled the flower margins surrounding our fields and made up ridges for carrots. These will be drilled within two weeks.