do a little calculating to make sure you are putting out the right amount and sling out some 10-10-10 or something similar. You can broadcast it especially if the plants aren't up yet, but if you don't have a fertilizer distributor on a tractor or a cultivator and want to get it next to the plants, you could sidedress by hand with a 5 gal. bucket. I've done that many times. I've always had good luck sidedressing with a distributor or by hand. I know it's better to use a bull-tongue and put it under the row for the first application, but I have never bought one. The thing that makes me hesitant about broadcasting fertilizer on a garden is if you are fertilizing the middles, you are putting a lot of your nutrients to the weeds, especially since most people use wide garden rows. If you have sweet corn, you may want to sidedress with a little 34% N.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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