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Ok here we are at the moment we've all been waiting for, about to find out what the pottiputki is.
But first let's look at the entries;
Christina said she thought it was a toilet digger. Great guess Christina! A digger, yes, a toilet, no.
Leonie thought it might plant seedlings. Yes!! Small trees are seedlings aren't they?
Mr H couldn't wait and Googled it. I don't blame him, I'd have to look up something with a crazy name like that too.
Cathie said something that makes holes for seeds. So close, not seeds but seedlings.
And
Meg said a translation device that enables farmers to communicate with worms. No, but if you invent it, we'll buy it.
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So this particular pottiputki belongs to Dave Griffiths of
Geometree.
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These are the last of the 2000 or so little trees that Dave planted in our
new potato paddock last Friday.
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And here we have Dave with his pottiputki.
Step one; He pulls out one of the little trees he is wearing on his hip.
Step two; He puts the little tree into the top of the pottipuki.
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Step three; He puts the pottiputki where he wants to plant the tree.
Step four; He stands on the lever that releases the seedling into the ground.
Step five; He releases the pottiputki and stamps around the newly planted seedling.
Step six; As he finishes stamping around the newly planted tree, he reaches for the next tree to plant.
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We planted Tagatasti, five varieties of Acacias and Tea Trees.
We planted them as shelter belts, to create a micro climate and as most of them seed prolifically they will provide fodder for the chooks.
4 comments:
How very interesting to see it in action. I had never heard of this device before yesterday, thanks for sharing.
I new I had seen one of those before!!! the pesky Blue gum planters use them!!! I hope you get some super rain to give them a great start!
That Meg is a cracker! I'm still laughing at her idea. If only we could talk to the worms.
I'm glad I was half right! Maybe I should have cheated too! What a great idea for planting out all those seedlings. :)
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