Ahhh transplanting and diesel
April 11th, 2008 Posted in Farm, General RandomnessToday we had another major plant out. Lettuce, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Bok Choy, and our first sweet Onions of the season. (We do have some overwintered as well). We’re trying a sweet onion variety this year being developed here in the valley. It’s called Siskiyou Sweet. We’re growing it along side the classic Walla Walla sweet to see how it compares. If it works out we’ll probably continue with the Siskiyou Sweet considering it was grown about 10 miles from our farm. We planted out seven 400 foot beds today. Hats off to our crew. They’re transplanting maniacs. I was on the tractor most of the day making more beds. I also spent the day thinking about biofuel production now that diesel has hit $4.25 (on road price) in our area. Not that I hadn’t thought about it before, let’s just say I was reintroduced.
My biggest dilemma with biodiesel is that it takes methanol to produce it so I wouldn’t say it’s petroleum free. The only other option I see currently is using Straight Veggie Oil but I’m not sure Landini (my tractor maker) would understand if i tried to convert it. Nor would Melanie if it didn’t work.
So I’ll just ponder more, and keep searching for answers. Any one have any thoughts or solutions on this one?
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