Saturday, May 8, 2010

Home Ag: Tilling complete!






Before





After

Finally, the tilling is done... Needless to say I'm very tired right now, so this post will be short.
The tilling did NOT go easily. The sod was very thick, well developed and so on. It took everything I had to keep the tiller under control, even on the final (supposedly easy) pass.
Before the last two passes I added 20 pounds of 12-12-12 fertilizer to further improve the already good soil (corn is a very intensive crop after all). After those last two passes I was too tired to continue, though it could've used it.
Anyways that's all for now. Below is a picture of my Uncle Marv's tiller that I used, and my spreader. I'll post again once I have my seeds planted and they sprout.

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