Upcoming programs
Wisconsin Vegetable Growers Weed Management Intensive
Overview
Explore a range of weeding implements tailored for farms of all sizes showcased in active vegetable plots at Gwenyn Hill Organic Farm.
- Connect with industry experts and fellow farmers from Wisconsin and Illinois
- Explore a range of weeding implements tailored for farms of all sizes showcased in active vegetable plots. Learn how they work, how to adjust them and try the tools yourself!
- Meet Tilmor company, see their electric cultivating tractor, 2-wheel tractor, and their weeding tools.
- Learn from cultivation expert Sam Oshwald Tilton and see his collection of 2-wheel tractors, cultivators and hand-tools.
- Tour Gwenyn Hill farm and see cultivating tractors and many cultivators.
- Lunch will be provided.
Date & Location
Wednesday, August 19 from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Gwenyn Hill Farm - N130W294 Bryn Dr. Waukesha, WI 53188
Registration is online and is being organized by Sam Oschwald Tilton. It should be a more educationally and vegetable focused version of his previous Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day. Morning will be a weed-management-focused farm tour, field talk about weed biology and how it relates to cultivation, and an overview of all the tools. Then lunch, and in the afternoon is "weeding tool trick-o-treating" - we will have LOTS of weeding tools in specially-planted demo plots. Staff from Gwenyn Hill, Tilmor, Sam, and expert farmers (Steve Pincus, Mike Noltner, Paul Huber) will explain tools - farmers can visit whichever tool/demo plot they like, and talk with the experts about the tools, but most importantly - try them out themselves in crops and get tips on use and adjustment.