Seed Bed prep

We woke up yesterday morning to a little bit of rain!  It hasn't rained since the beginning of June, so while the total amount of moisture that fell wasn't a lot, it was welcome.  Especially since it cleaned the air of all the smoke that has been hanging around for the last three weeks!  It smelled so good, and later we saw blue skies! 

I have been running the coil packer, prepping our summer fallow ground for seeding.  Reynald and Alicia are working on getting the drills ready.  They have also washed both combines and semi trucks and trailers and put them away.  They've been busy while I just sit on the tractor and go back and forth!

Damp soil, Colt, the coil packer and Alicia's house in the background!

It was a great day to watch the sky change from rain clouds to......

blue skies and puffy clouds.  What a joy to see the vibrant blue of the sky and the colorful clouds.  

This image shows the heavy residue that we do our best to maintain on our fields. It is the left over straw from the crop we harvested last year.  We will seed this field in a few days.

Straw makes soil as it decomposes.  It also preserves moisture and helps prevent soil erosion.  

Even after I run the coil packer over, you can see that the straw is still very thick.  This makes for a really nice seed bed.

Different clouds from yesterday.  One of the perks of riding a tractor is the opportunity to observe the changing sky from morning to night.