It is back breaking...actually, I feel it more in the back of my legs more than anywhere else.
We do it this way because we try to have pumpkins ready for the Halloween crowd; counting backwards, we need to start the plants by a certain time...around Memorial day or so. Unfortunately, our field is rarely dry enough to have worked it before then so we have gone to starting them in trays and re-planting. It is definately a PIA and we question our sanity often...
What would be cool would be to get one of those old tobacco transplanters where two people ride on the back and take turns putting the transplants in as the holes are made while driving along.
This year, I actually had dry enough weather to plow and till the fields in time to plant directly but my wife talked me into this method again for this year. In a way, I am glad as we got so much rain afterward that my father-in-laws seeds have rotted in the ground. Although, my plants may end up doing the same if we don't see some relief from this weather soon...
