12/18/2025
I'm excited to finally have a transplanter! I've worked for a few years to organize my field prep approach to accommodate a mechanical transplanter, which makes it a lot easier to tackle the chore of getting baby plants in the ground. This implement is designed to function on much larger farms but I wanted the chance to experience something different than what I've done for the last 18 years where all transplants at Mama Earth Farm were tucked into the dirt by hand essentially.
This is the most expensive single implement ive bought for the farm, and interestingly, unlike a mower or a tiller, it can only be used for one application! Several soil and layout details have to be on lock just to be able to use it. But it's night and day in terms of efficiency.
I had to do some welding before using it cause I didn't like the way the shop set up the 3 point but to their credit I made a not that typical request to be able to put the implement on a smaller than usual tractor.
Corrie and I made a little trip of picking up the implement and visited the ocean and explored some major farming areas. Whatd we find cor. Ah we found the worlds best almond croissant, we found fields of hard working people, a beautiful beach, a glacious seagull, dripping christmas lights, a bird looking for love, and quite a few round abouts. We also picked up new strawberry plants while down there
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Our main goal is to have lettuce available as much as possible, but the transplanter will help with many of the crops we grow. On Sunday we put in a few thousand lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage starts, and it was crazy fast! 🌱
