Tuesday
Oct072008
No more "furrowed" brow
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:47AM
Plowing is the art of making furrows... until now - plowing meant I'd have a furrowed brow because it never worked quite right...
A portion of this last weekend was dedicated to some of the end of season chores around the farm – not the least of which was plowing under the gardens in preparation of their final winter rye seeding and their long slumber to the spring. But it wasn’t without a bit of apprehension that I approached the plowing requirements… as you may recall – I have historically had struggles with my free plow when paired with this little Kubota BX24 of mine – and the inability of the lift arms to get the plow deep enough into the soil to turn things over correctly. The entire discussion of the past “subsoil situation” can be seen here.
That was then – this is now… after purchasing some quick disconnect lift arm ends – I have successfully added about 4” to the overall length of my lift arms, saved countless pinched fingers and pulled muscles from trying to attach implements… and now – much to my happiness – I have bought myself the ability to engage this little plow to its full capacity and roll soil over with the best of them.
As a matter of fact – the plow bites and pulls so deeply now that more than a couple of times I locked the differential in the rear and even found myself having to back up, reset the height (the tractor has no draft control) and resume forward progress.
The plowing was a success this fall – now the plant matter and straw plowed under will rest for a week – get disked – and seeded with rye next weekend.
The plan is also to get the garlic in next weekend as well.
That was then – this is now… after purchasing some quick disconnect lift arm ends – I have successfully added about 4” to the overall length of my lift arms, saved countless pinched fingers and pulled muscles from trying to attach implements… and now – much to my happiness – I have bought myself the ability to engage this little plow to its full capacity and roll soil over with the best of them.
As a matter of fact – the plow bites and pulls so deeply now that more than a couple of times I locked the differential in the rear and even found myself having to back up, reset the height (the tractor has no draft control) and resume forward progress.
The plowing was a success this fall – now the plant matter and straw plowed under will rest for a week – get disked – and seeded with rye next weekend.
The plan is also to get the garlic in next weekend as well.
Reader Comments (3)
That's some beautiful, loose looking soil you have there! Nice and dark - I'm very jealous. And check out those stormy looking clouds over head.
I need to start pulling stuff out of the ground, saving what I can, and till mine real soon.
Do you have a particular place you order garlic from, or just use what you get at the grocery store? I have to decide if I want to grow garlic again. It was great not buying them all summer, but I did have some go bad on me (some before I dug them, some after) and wasn't sure what I did wrong.
And check out all of those jalapenos in your photos - nice!!
I use "seed" garlic from the crop - some of the biggest bulbs... also my dad gives me some.
You can't use the store bought stuff - and expect good results.
If you need to order "seed" - try a seed store.
That's some beautiful, loose looking soil you have there! Nice and dark - I'm very jealous. And check out those stormy looking clouds over head.
I need to start pulling stuff out of the ground, saving what I can, and till mine real soon.
Do you have a particular place you order garlic from, or just use what you get at the grocery store? I have to decide if I want to grow garlic again. It was great not buying them all summer, but I did have some go bad on me (some before I dug them, some after) and wasn't sure what I did wrong.
And check out all of those jalapenos in your photos - nice!!