Spading the garden

[Egon]

My daughters new garden plot required tilling. First I had to spade it using the forks on the bucket and then pick rocks. Some pictures.

 

[HarryVanderpool]

Good thinking!
When ever I hear the greenies talking about "double-digging" their garden plots I have the same thought that you did: use the tractor, not your back!

 

[EddieWalker]

You had me worried there. I thought for a second that you were actually out useing a shovel and digging in the dirt by hand. Nice use of your tractor!!!

Eddie

 

[jbrumberg]

Nice work ! Jay

 

[jinman]

Okay, we see spading. . .

Now for:
hilling
rowing
planting
watering
tilling
weeding
spraying
picking
cooking
eating

All but the last two may be able to be done with the tractor. I'll be glad to help you with the eating.

 

[Bird]

Whew, that looks like a lot of rocks to remove.

 

[Knight9]

Egon,

Not exactly your old typical Prairie soil eh!!

 

[rcrcomputing]

Okay, I'll bite, what are those things sticking out of the top of your bucket?

 

[Egon]

Okay, I'll bite, what are those things sticking out of the top of your bucket?

Thems is to make sure a log I'm lifting don't come back and sit in my lap!

Knight, after having spent 25 years in the sand dunes of Lake Edmonton it is surely a shock! I would surely like to see some three foot deep black loam with no rocks.

I was out again today Bird. The pile of rock has doubled. If I go back in several weeks time I'm sure the pile will again have a significant increase.

 

[Egon]

The finished result with the pile of rocks removed.

 

[jinman]

The finished result with the pile of rocks removed.

Nice job, Egon. It's amazing that little garden spot had so many rocks. Can you imagine what it would have been like to do that without a tractor?

Your pile of rocks looks very familiar. Here's a picture of the rocks I took out of my neighbor's corral for him a couple of weeks ago. I suspect my rock bucket made the job a little easier than yours.

 

[Egon]

Yes a rock bucket would have been easier. Most of those rocks were placed in the loader by hand. I could only load some of the bigger ones just by using the bucket.

On your avatar: is that a normal running position for your tractor??

 

[jinman]

On your avatar: is that a normal running position for your tractor??

Yeah, I found out that if I keep the oil in the front of the engine where the oil pump can't pick it up, it stays cleaner. What the heck, a diesel is supposed to clatter anyhow, isn't it?

I can assure you that as steep as that looks in the avatar, it felt much steeper in the seat of my pants. . . ROPs up and seatbelt very tight...BONZAI!

 

[Egon]

Maybe you should consider a dry sump oil pressure system.

 

[Bird]

It looks good, Egon, and looks like someone did a lot of work.

 

[Knight9]

End result looks great Egon! I hope you'll get paid with some of the goodies out of the garden! I'll be in my garden this weekend, tilling and planting. You can bet I won't be hitting any rocks like you pulled out!

 

[Egon]

There are times I dream of nice deep black soil.

But today all I can think about is [ in the terms of Stomping Tom ] "And my back still aches"

 

[pennwalk]

Now can you load those rocks on a pallet and sell them to somebody. I understand people pay good money for fieldstone.

Chris

 

[Egon]

Here; rocks are rather common. No market for this type of rock. No one would even pick it up for free.