Seeding Photos

Over the weekend I was granted a reprieve from track meet duties to assist Jeff with seeding. It was really great to be helping with farmwork.  I helped Jeff by moving trucks and vehicles down the field or from one field to the next (yes, I drove the semi! thankyouverymuch!) and with filling the drill with seed and fertilizer. The weather was beautiful over the weekend, which made everything even more pleasant. Temperatures around 70, sunny, and minimal wind.  Sounds like a San Diego forecast, right?

I brought my camera on Saturday.  Since I haven't done a photo montage blog in a while, I guess this will be it! As usual, there are a few photos of Harvey...

Harvey: "I'm not supposed to be doing this, am I?"  Caught red-pawed!

Harvey cannot resist digging in soft dirt, especially when it smells like animals could be lurking below.  This looked to be a badger hole. This stubble strip was seeded shortly after this photo was taken.  Badger holes are really not great growing conditions for wheat and Harvey's extra digging probably didn't help. Oh well!

 We were seeding in a field adjacent to the house, just to the east.  Pretty nice view with, huh?

Big Truck, Medium Truck, and Small Truck. Actually, the small "truck" is would be a pickup. 

The left side of this photo is what just-seeded ground looks like. The right side is what it looks like just before being seeded.  With the air drill, we can seed directly into stubble, and don't usually need to plow or till the fields first. This is great for many reasons, one of such being that organic matter is retained in the soil.

Tractor pulls the air drill.  The cart in the back holds seed, nitrogen, and phosphorous.

 

Harvey was supervising the seeding operations.