We moved into our new home in December. All winter I looked forward to seeing a tractor in the field behind us this spring, preparing the field for planting.
We’ve been doing some traveling and I thought maybe I might miss it this year, but last night the tractor came through, tilling the soil. He started late in the day, and kept going into the night with his lights on, but he didn’t finish the job.
He was back the next morning to finish the tilling.
It was interesting to see the wide swath of land that was tilled in one run. And I was amazed at how fast the tractor traveled. I had fun watching it while trying to take some pictures. The ground is dry and the tilling produced a lot of dust. It was hard to see the tractor through the dust at times.
We’ll wait to see what is planted…there has been corn in the field the past two years. Maybe they’ll alternate this year, and plant soy beans.
To my delight, he came back in the afternoon to plant. I wonder what is in those yellow seed box containers?
And then… there were two! It keeps getting more and more interesting. I did not grow up on a farm and so I have really enjoyed seeing this basic, yet key principle, of farming up close.
I did some tilling of my own and planted zinnia seeds along the field in our back yard…hopefully the zinnias will come up too.
Now we definitely need to wash the windows!
Oh, Valerie, I would LOVE to have this field view from my window. It would almost feel like being back on the farm.
I’m glad you appreciate this scene. Thank you for sharing these spring planting pix. I bet your zinnias will come up. They are easy to grow from seed and probably my favorite flower.
Yes, I thought of you. It was fun to see the tractors in the field. Gary enjoyed it too, and explained some things.
These are zinnia seeds from last year’s garden. They usually pop up, but this row is on its own…and will not get much attention from me. 😉