Farm Calls: Raised Bed Mulch Layers for High Tunnels

This week a small-farm grower contacted us.

"We own high tunnels and needed information about making beds. Searching the web we found your Rutgers High Tunnels Construction website. It is a great site. I am particularly interested in the bed maker ya'll used. What brand was it and what was the cost? Knowledge about farm equipment in tunnels seems few and far between."

High Tunnels can benefit farms of all sizes through season extension and better quality crops. Rutgers County Agent Wes Kline owns and uses compact, raised bed mulch layers specially manufactured for the narrow rows and tight spaces found in high tunnels. The Nolt's Model RB436 is the most compact we know of in our region for this application.