The First Plow and Harrow

So after the manure had sat on the field for a few days, it was time to plow.  Adam's dad's tractor comes in handy for these situations.  It took a few times going over, but eventually the garden was ready for step 2.

After the garden was plowed we then harrowed the field.  A harrow is a farm implement consisting of a heavy frame with sharp teeth or upright disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground.  Mr. Britcher has two different types of harrows.  The first is like the one pictured below.  The chain harrow is dragged behind the 4-wheeler and did a fairly decent job, thanks to Adam and his cousin Derek who kept getting off the four wheeler to get all of the dead vines off of the equipment.  

The second harrow that Mr. Britcher has is like the one below but without the seat.  This created a slight issue since Adam had to stand on the harrow to increase it's weight so it would go deeper.  This was slightly risky but he survived.

Once the ground was leveled and broken up, we got ready for the first planting.