Tilling
Originally uploaded by King Cnut.
We borrowed Uncle Pete's tractor to till for our first garden in our new house.
We're planting today. Lots of corn and lots of a whole bunch of stuff.
Fall is going to be hectic around here. That is, if we can remember to water everything.
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I heard a guy on the radio saying that this "fin" is something like the 10th one (or somesuch) since 1990 and it will likely get to a certain height and then crumble like the last 10 of them have.
I don't know if you are taking that crumbling into account in your estimation for real estate purposes but it may affect your loan docs.
That's a might big garden!
Where was that photo taken? It doesn't look like anywhere on your property.
This garden is just to the east of the base of our driveway. Maybe it doesn't look like our property because you've never seen our property tilled before?
Yes it's a big garden (by my standards anyway.) Although it only comes out to between .14 and .20 acres!
I was considering the crumbling of the fin. I had heard someone on the news last fall say that the crater could be filled in 11 continuous years of oozing at the pace it was going. It is apparently holding steady for the time.
I suspect now that all of your previous time spent attending to your blog will now be spent planting seeds, hoeing and such activities -- hope to read more after the fall harvest!
I made the minute little picture you sent of "you" on the tractor larger so that I could see it, and am quite sure that I saw a grandchild of mine in attendance on the tractor. I am torn between exclaiming "M-O-G-" What the h---" and such things or singing "Country Roads", "I had an Uncle, name of Matthew. . . " by John Denver.
I am not torn at all however when urging you, a former city slicker, to look up "tractor safety issues" and liberally apply them to yourself and your children.
Mom "looking out for the next generation" Z.
Tractor Safety LInk
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000901-d001000/d000918/d000918.html
I'm sure going riderless is a great idea. Luckily the ground we were tilling was so soft that the (very) few times he bounced off, the tires just kind of pressed him into the dirt, gently-like. And the tiller blades were so dull, they only left bruises, not cuts.
He had a great time.
Actually I was wondering why you didn't let BeeBoo drive the tractor. All of my cousins, and my brother, who spent time on a farm when they were five years old, told me that they got to drive either the truck or the tractor. See, if he's holding on to the steering wheel, then he's not as likely to fall off.
You see, here's the deal, as a mother, grandmother, that's what I do, I worry. It's my job. I was trained into it by a master, Granny.
It is not unreasonable for a person coming from that societal job perspective to express concern regarding a small grandchild on a piece of very large equipment.
I was raised in tractor territory (S.Dak.), and my childhood was peppered with daily news stories via radio relaying accidents involving tractors, combines, silo's, collapsing haystacks etc.
Requesting that people read up on tractor safety issues and avail themselves of conventional wisdom regarding the same is appropriate.
I didn't mean to suggest that your concern was inappropriate. From my perspective it is a little funny because we were travelling at a rate to make a snail scoff. I guess you had to see for yourself just how glacially slow we were moving. I'm sure the safest thing would be to keep them off completely, but I honestly believe the level of risk was on par with a day at the park. Nothing bumpy, fast or scary. A very benign, smooth and oh-so-sloooow ride.
Glacial is good.
Glacial sounds cold though. Put a sweater on him.
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