The plowed field is just right for rolling. (See the dust)

Linky wanted to ride with Grandpa.

The roller smashes all the plowed dirt chunks down and soften up the soil, readying it for leveling.

This is one of The most important aspects of getting the ground ready.  The window to roll is very short; requiring the soil to be dry but not so dry the roller can’t break up the clods.

  Clods are the bane of farming. They take more water to soften them up, the seeds have a harder time getting a foothold or to put their little heads through, and when you irrigate the plug up the furrows.

 Just as we got done and pulled in for the evening meal a huge black cloud came up and dumped snow.

  Everything came to a stop until the wind and sun could dry stuff out. 

We started plowing again last night.  But another storm is heading our way.  We hope to get the manure spread before it hits here.  Water/snow makes for a nice fertilizer combination.

I sure hope this is the last storm of the year.  The onion farmers are three weeks behind and the sweet corn guys are two weeks behind.  Everyone is really stressed, but there is nothing we can do about it.  Farming is a gambol based on the weather, always!  Then the next gambol is what the prices are for harvest, but that is another subject for a different time of the year.

 Linda