We grow produce on a relatively small scale, but 3 acres is a lot to manage by hand! A tractor is used for tillage and some cultivation, but seeding, transplanting, harvest, and weeding is all done by hand - with the help of some amazing tools.

This season, we have added a few new items to our tool lineup. This is our new gravity seeder in action.

Belle is pouring pelleted mini lettuce seeds onto the seeder. The seeder is shaken until one seed is in each hole. The top plate of the seeder is pushed and each seed drops through a larger hole into the dibbled cell below.

Each one of those seeds will grow up to be a crisp head of mini romaine lettuce. We’ll share the next part of their journey - transplanting with a paper pot transplanter - in just a few short weeks!