What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Starting to turn over the soil, still haven't managed to grow anything successfully in this damn field but there is something primal about dropping implements into the dirt ..






As soon as the fire quits smoking I will turn all that in also

 

Nice work! You can hardly tell where you put the body.

 

We broke ground in Alabama Saturday. 1955 Farmall 100 with one point hitch two disc break plow.

 

SWEET !!!!
I actually learned to drive a tractor on an old Ford 9N,, Taught me quite a bit about safety and how to think through the next move before doing it

 

Those brake pedals on a 9n were crazy but those 9ns & 8ns were work horses.

 

@Hembree

What are you planting and how big a field ??

 

Not a large field. We are probably only planting about a half an acre. Corn, peas, sunflowers and after the 4th of July I'll plant a pumpkin patch for the grandgirl. She had a patch last year and throughly enjoyed watching the pumpkins grow. She will be 5 in October.

 

Must be nice

I have tried Corn, Onions, Pumpkins, Peas, Beans, and I just can't seem to produce on ours of course were are in Zone 4 so things get fun at this time of year

Our small garden does pretty good, we call it the "Sauce Garden" since we plant things to make Italian Red Sauces in it

I just added the Low Tunnels to it this year so we can get a extra 30 days in there

Romas in one Green Onion in another and last years Garlic coming up und that low tent




This is from Monday morning we actually got a little Snow hehehe





The 4x4 posts are for the Deer Fence panels to go up on

 

Looks great. I see you have problems with deer as well. Do you have a break plow and a disk? It looks like you were using a cultivator to break your ground.

 

I have a Middle Buster Plow to break ground, I used that for the first couple of years as I expanded it the last 2 years I have only had to use the Cultivator to turn it over..
I am actually thinking of adding some wide Sweeps to it this year





This is the first year after I broke ground and then leveled it all out using my Box Blade

Kubota L3600 DT

 

My tractor is mostly for moving Snow in the winter






and smoothing Road Gravel in the summer



But I figured since I own one I might as well have fun too so I busted open that field, someday something might grow in it hehehehe

 

We don't have to move snow nor do we have a lot of drive way to maintain but you have a nice tractor to do it with. It would be nice if you could go down about 6 inches and turn the ground over. It would help a lot. Ground will get better from year to year after it is worked. Keep after it and it will get there. You can add compose type material to the garden spot but no animal bones, meat or fat type stuff. What you have started this year looks great. Wish we were closer . I would bring the tractor over and break it up for you.

 

Manure is the stuff you want.

 

Herbivore manure, that is.

 

We have some horses.

 

When I ran the middle buster plow the first 2 years through it I was digging down 14-18 inches, the Cultivator with the thin tines is digging down about 8"
We actually have pretty good soil up here I turned in Leaves and Grass plus all the annual growth for a couple of years too ..

I think I am asking too much from too little sun and too cold a climate

 

That will have a lot to do with. Sounds like you did get it broke up good. Have a great day!

 

I raised the draw-weight on my bow.

 

How have your tournaments been, of late?

 

Yeah, cow crap. I've heard chicken is the best, but 1. How much crap can you get from chickens, and B. It's the foulest smelling feces that I know of, no pun intended.