A reforestation machine includes: a main body; a planting device which plants a plant body for reforestation at a predetermined position of soil; a traveling device which allows the main body and the planting device to travel; a power source which drives the traveling device; and a barrier installation device which installs a weed barrier, restricting the growth of weeds growing around a position in which the plant body is planted, around the predetermined position of the soil.

A reforestation machine includes: a main body; a planting device which plants a plant body for reforestation at a predetermined position of soil; a traveling device which allows the main body and the planting device to travel; a power source which drives the traveling device; and a barrier installation device which installs a weed barrier, restricting the growth of weeds growing around a position in which the plant body is planted, around the predetermined position of the soil.

The present invention provides a ground engaging film roller 30.2 having a generally horizontal axis of rotation and an outer circumference for engaging ground, the roller having opposed outer ends 30.21 of a larger circumference than the circumference of portions 30.22 located between the opposed ends.

The present invention also provides a film deployment system having a ground engaging film roller as described above, which is rotationally mounted to a frame 30.1, the ground engaging film roller 30.2 receiving film from above and to a front location of the roller, and passing between a film locating roller 30.3 and the ground engaging roller 30.2, the ground engaging roller 30.2 shaping the ground it engages by forming a channel in ground at the opposed ends 30.21 of the roller 30.2 for the film to be located as it leaves engagement with the ground engaging roller 30.2.

The present invention also provides an agricultural or horticultural implement 10, 30 for performing an agricultural or horticultural process, the implement 10,30 including whipper arrangement 50 at a location forward of where the process will be performed.

The agricultural or horticultural implement 10, 30 can be such that to the rear of where the process is performed there can located film deployment system 30 as described above.

A mulch collecting and distributing assembly includes a housing having a rear wall and a perimeter wall extending forward of the rear wall. The perimeter wall has a forward edge defining an access opening. The perimeter wall includes an upper wall and a lower wall. A plurality of teeth is attached to the lower wall and extends forward from the forward edge. Each of the teeth is arced upwardly from the lower wall. An upper handle is attached to the upper wall adjacent to the forward edge. A rear handle is attached to the rear wall adjacent to the upper wall. The rear wall has a support formed therein adjacent to the lower wall and extending outwardly away from the rear wall. The teeth and the forward edge are extendable into mulch to fill the interior with mulch.

A self-propelled residual film recycling integrated machine is provided, which includes a straw crushing device, a picking and impurity cleaning device, a cab, an air intake system, a film removing and conveying device, a round bale baler, a suspension system, a traveling chassis, and a film unloading bracket. The straw crushing device is assembled at a front end of the traveling chassis in a three-point suspension mode, the picking and impurity cleaning device is installed at a belly of the traveling chassis, and the film removing and conveying device is installed diagonally upwards and backwards of the picking and impurity cleaning device. The round bale baler is installed at a tail of the traveling chassis and is behind the film removing and conveying device, the film unloading bracket is installed below the round bale baler, and the suspension system is arranged on the traveling chassis.

The mulch-dispensing system includes a blower, a cover, and one or more batteries. The cover may detachably couple to the top of a container holding mulch. The blower may be energized by the one or more batteries. The blower may draw the mulch into an inlet and may expel the mulch from a discharge hose. The discharge hose may be adapted to be held by a user to direct the mulch onto targeted landscape areas. As a non-limiting example, the container may be a wheelbarrow. In some embodiments, the mulch-dispensing system may include a cart as the container. In some embodiments, the cart may be self-propelled.

The mulch-dispensing system includes a blower, a cover, and one or more batteries. The cover may detachably couple to the top of a container holding mulch. The blower may be energized by the one or more batteries. The blower may draw the mulch into an inlet and may expel the mulch from a discharge hose. The discharge hose may be adapted to be held by a user to direct the mulch onto targeted landscape areas. As a non-limiting example, the container may be a wheelbarrow. In some embodiments, the mulch-dispensing system may include a cart as the container. In some embodiments, the cart may be self-propelled.

A sub-surface membrane deposition device including a movable frame, at least one chisel attached to the frame, hydraulics to raise and lower the at least one chisel from the frame, and a membrane deployable to a sub-surface level by the at least one chisel as the movable frame is moved. Also provided is a method of deposing a membrane to a sub-surface level that includes providing a movable frame, at least one chisel attached to the frame, hydraulics to raise and lower the at least one chisel from the frame, and a membrane. The method including lowering the at least one chisel with the hydraulics to the sub-surface level, moving the frame and at least one chisel forward, and deploying the membrane to the sub-surface level with the at least one chisel.

A sub-surface membrane deposition device including a movable frame, at least one chisel attached to the frame, hydraulics to raise and lower the at least one chisel from the frame, and a membrane deployable to a sub-surface level by the at least one chisel as the movable frame is moved. Also provided is a method of deposing a membrane to a sub-surface level that includes providing a movable frame, at least one chisel attached to the frame, hydraulics to raise and lower the at least one chisel from the frame, and a membrane. The method including lowering the at least one chisel with the hydraulics to the sub-surface level, moving the frame and at least one chisel forward, and deploying the membrane to the sub-surface level with the at least one chisel.

A roller apparatus (102) is provided including roller means (104), drive means (110) for driving rotation of the roller means in use, and an electrical power source for providing electrical power to the drive means in use. The electrical power source is provided by one or more batteries (112) located internally of the roller means.