If you are opening up corn ground or tearing up an old hay field, all the farmers in our area plow.
I know that plowing is a dying process back east, but we have heavy clay soil and must plow.
So after disking we Terry plows
BUT if a farmer is going from a former bean field he can rip the field open because of how the beans grow causing a much loamier field.
Terry plowed all the old corn fields, and today he is ripping the old bean field.
I’m really glad he has retired, before all of this would have taken place after 7 at night and before 6 in the morning. Now, while I am at work, he is at work “playing” in his fields.
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Another thing they don’t do out here in the east…irrigate. I still can’t get over the fact that when you see a field, there are no ditches or sprinklers or anything. Just rain and humidity. But there is just nothing like Olathe sweet corn, is there? 🙂
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Looks like lots of hard work! Yay for farmers!
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The work is never done, is it?
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Work play, or play work…that is funny. When hubby is spending the day off messing with cars, I tell him it is not really work because he LIKES to do that. Not sure he believes me (o:
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Give him something to do. JR would love to just plow, plant, and grow stuff. Poor man, I make him work.
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looks like fun! My dad grew up doing that stuff and now does it for fun!
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It is great to see that you are on the land. That time is a few weeks away here still.
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Love your blog. My heart is on a farm somewhere. Never got over missing that life. So I love blogs like this. Let’s see….I found you…Oh rats! I can’t remember. A sidebar somewhere. Hope you don’t mind if I visit again. Often. 🙂
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Nice shiney plows, it must make it easier to get things done and now see him in the evening being retired… Good for you, guys, enjoy… I still see alot of plowing going on around here in my area, a few no till but not many…
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We’ve heavy clay too….so plow we do. It’s amazing how fast those plows get shiny after a day in the field.
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LOL, i love how you strike over we and substitute terry… sounds like me and DH… He’s tractor man… *sigh* it’s a boy toy they love anyway
You’ll be the one whippin’ up the casseroles from harvest
blessings
gp in mt
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Sounds like you both have been very busy getting ready for spring!
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I can only imagine how busy Terry and you were raising a family, both working off the farm, and then farming at night. Bet this retirement is a huge blessing in alot of ways!!
How is Terry adjusting to being able to farm during the day hours???
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WE PLOW!!!! We have a hardpan that is made up of blue clay.. rough on the machinery for sure!
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That’s really interesting. I’m glad he’s retired too. Mountain Man does work on building other people’s houses but the hours the farm takes are backbreaking. It’s definitely a full time job. I enjoyed your photos.
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