dimanche 27 août 2017

Homemade And Improvised Harvest Supplies

By Eric Moore


Everyone who loves to garden knows of a great little gadget that makes gardening and harvesting so much easier. But you do not have to go out and spend a bundle on appliances when you have some great gardening supplies right there at home. Let's look at a couple of great Harvest Supplies based on things you have sitting around the house. You can repurpose these to make your time in the garden more efficient.

As a farmer, you need to select among the top quality appliances and tools that are worth investing in. If you have an agriculture tool store, you need to provide the best tools to your customers. For this, you must have the information about innovative soil preparation tools, soil testing kit, planting tools, cultivations tools and harvesting tools that are popular in use these days. Following is a discussion about the most pertinent harvesting tools.

Clothespins - I always have an old bread basket of these sitting on my bench. They are so versatile. You can use them for closing up partially used seed packets, hanging up wet gloves, and even put them on a wire to hang your herbs and flowers on when harvesting to help you with sorting and drying.

Grapefruit Knives - We all have at least one of these sitting around, and how much do you actually use it? These are great for harvesting some types of fruits, flowers and for pruning the remaining plants in case of a piece meal harvest. The knife may also come in handy whenever you are harvesting vegetables, including numerous post-harvest preparations.

Root Veg sacks are also useful. These hessian natural sacks are ideal for storing carrots, parsnips, potatoes, maize, turnips and all other root vegetables. The breathable nature of the hessian material allows air circulation around the produce. This keeps your yield dry and prevents them from sweating. There is thus no risk of storage rot and the produce is kept fresher for longer. Besides, the strong material can withstand a hefty load, suitable for when you are moving your root veg from garden to your kitchen or storage facility. The drawstring top can be pulled tight to prevent pests from eating away at your veg.

Post harvesting tools are also required to process the crops and obtain the desired output. Potato harvesters and sugarcane harvesters are the good examples of such tools that help in harvesting as well as processing tools.

Agriculture or farming has been one of the oldest practices of obtaining or sustaining food for the society. The essence of farming can be said to be a domestication of crop-producing plants and the like. With the development of harvesters, collecting or gathering these crop products has been maximized in terms of the effort, time and resources being spent. A farmer with a large area of crop-bearing fields should consider having these machines in his or her barnyard.

You can obtain detailed information about various agricultural tools and products from the online directories. These business directories have catalogues from the top manufacturers of agricultural products and machinery and can help you choose the best. However, before investing in any tool, it is important to determine your equipment needs. Determine the type of harvesting supplies you need, their size, number among other factors.




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