How to Grow More Vegetables

four miles per hour in a car—the speed of the common bicycle! Recently, a study was made of the time the average stay-at-home mo ...

development and testing process. Any modi3cations which make it less strong could be dangerous for the user. Currently we are tr ...

not aerate the soil as much as a double-dig with spade and fork, we still double-dig the soil periodically when signi3cantly inc ...

be a “do it yourself” for someone without welding experience. U-Bar Dimensions ...

Design: William Burnett and Robert Clark Drawing Development: Dan Torjusen Text: Marion Cartwright Illustrations: Pedro J. Gonza ...

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One easy carrying position. Be careful with tines, especially near your feet. The U-bar is balanced so its weight will be evenly ...

stock. If plow steel is unavailable, use cold-rolled steel. The gussets on the back of the tine are^1 ⁄ 8 inch thick and 1 inch ...

Place the points of the U-bar tines into soil at one corner of bed. You will be working your way backward the length of the bed ...

Step onto the U-bar, first with your full weight on one foot. Step onto the U-bar with your second foot, shifting your weight t ...

Shift your weight backward to gain maximum leverage. The tines will rotate through the soil. Just before you start to fall onto ...

After you have rotated the tines completely through the soil, clods of soil may remain on the tines. Push the U-bar handles up ...

extend the growing season and to protect crops. The following design, created by Dan Torjusen, comes closest to what we have bee ...

Protractor Table saw (optional) Bar clamps (optional) The tools required to build the mini-greenhouse are basic, with the exce ...

Mini-Greenhouse Frame Dimensions (Lath Omitted) ...

Design: Dan Torjusen and Robert Clark Drawing Development: Patrick Long Text: Gaye Carlson Illustrations: Pedro J. Gonzalez The ...

interchangeable panels. It is possible to mix or match the functions: a greenhouse panel on a side and an end to block out growt ...

Fasteners 8 (^3) ⁄ 16 " x 2½" machine screws (No. 10 size), with 8 nuts and 16 washers 4 (^3) ⁄ 16 " x 1¼" pan head wood screws ...

beveled) (4) 2 x 2 x 59½" (8) 2 x 2 x 31½" (will be notched) End frames: (4) 2 x 2 22½" (4) 2 x 2 x 60" (2) 2 x 4 x 36" Make sev ...

a hammer and chisel. Several 2 x 2s can be cut at the same time this way by clamping them together with bar clamps. The joint be ...