Happy New Year!

We had our New Year's Eve party last night.  We consider seeding our winter wheat crop in the fall, the start of our new year, and today is the day that happens!

I finished coil packing yesterday and then Reynald and I went back out to a couple of our fields and picked up some rocks that were too big to make it through the drill.  This boulder was too heavy to dead lift so we had to get creative.

This looks like a glacier deposited boulder.

We dug holes in the soil for the back tires of the gator to sink in to.

This allowed the tail gate of the gator to be closer to the ground.  The gator bed has a hydraulic lift but we wanted to get the back end as close to the ground as we could.

Reynald kept telling me that this is how the pyramids were built!  We collected some flat rocks and built a platform, rolled the boulder on to that, which made it closer to the back of the gator.  Then we both, but mostly Reynald, lifted.

Whew!

Both sets of drills prepped, ready and waiting.

We had a wonderful dinner and champagne to celebrate. 

Matthew is almost finished seeding so we toasted his almost finish and our start!

Reynald looks tired already!

Today starts our new year.  Alicia and Reynald are running the drills.  It's time for Alicia to learn this process and she is so excited.  I will be getting seed and fertilizer and helping fill drills.  Between those duties, I will try to catch up on a neglected yard, garden and house.  I'm looking forward to being home for a couple hours each day.

My two favorite farmers.  I love this so much.

Rolinco Farms crew!!