Greyfields
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- Mar 24, 2007
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I bought my first tractor this last winter so am a relative new-comer to the whole "agricultural" world. Let me say that I wanted a tractor that would fit in our garden (surrounded by 8' high deer fencing) and would be a good tractor in the fields as well. I settled on the JD 4120. I had reserached tractors quite a bit, being of an engineering mind set, and found that a 35 HP PTO was about as small as you could go and still eventually get fun "farming toys" to play with. I also liked the weight and stability of the 4X20 series, which is 3700 lbs sihpped + driver + fuel + front loader + filled rear tires.
I got a couple PM's asking me to photo document some of my projects. I think a lot of people are in the same boat, being new to farming, having tractors, then trying to figure out how to use them. So, I will start sharing today. Old-timers, please tell me what I'm doing wrong. New-comers, remember no question is too stupid. I ask stupid questions all the time. Unless your craddle was painted John Deere green, people learn through experience, rather than having done it their whole lives.
First, our farm is Greyfields. It's located on Puget Island, WA, which is 5-mile long, 2-mile wide island in the middle of the Columbia River. We are 39 miles upsteam from Astoria, which makes us the first fresh water port on the River. Our river and sloughs are tidal and Wahkiakum County receives a stupidly high amount of rainfall ( ). We are raising pastured (grass fed) beef, pork and lamb; along with pastured/free range Christmas goose, duck, meat chickens and eggs. We sell at the Two Island Farm Market, which is at the farm adjacent to ours which is supremely convenient. You can find all these on Local Harvest if you search. One final note about our name, "Greyfields". It's an allusion to my cousins' dairy in Herefordeshire, England, called "Woofields" (Anglo-Saxon in origin for "the field with wolves"). My grandmother, mother and wife are all English, so we spend at least a month every year across the pond.... thus Christmas Goose being natural to us, rather than turkey.
First, a panorama:
I got a couple PM's asking me to photo document some of my projects. I think a lot of people are in the same boat, being new to farming, having tractors, then trying to figure out how to use them. So, I will start sharing today. Old-timers, please tell me what I'm doing wrong. New-comers, remember no question is too stupid. I ask stupid questions all the time. Unless your craddle was painted John Deere green, people learn through experience, rather than having done it their whole lives.
First, our farm is Greyfields. It's located on Puget Island, WA, which is 5-mile long, 2-mile wide island in the middle of the Columbia River. We are 39 miles upsteam from Astoria, which makes us the first fresh water port on the River. Our river and sloughs are tidal and Wahkiakum County receives a stupidly high amount of rainfall ( ). We are raising pastured (grass fed) beef, pork and lamb; along with pastured/free range Christmas goose, duck, meat chickens and eggs. We sell at the Two Island Farm Market, which is at the farm adjacent to ours which is supremely convenient. You can find all these on Local Harvest if you search. One final note about our name, "Greyfields". It's an allusion to my cousins' dairy in Herefordeshire, England, called "Woofields" (Anglo-Saxon in origin for "the field with wolves"). My grandmother, mother and wife are all English, so we spend at least a month every year across the pond.... thus Christmas Goose being natural to us, rather than turkey.
First, a panorama:
Keep the pictures going.
