Our big plough

Look at this lovely little red tractor it really is a thing of beauty.

 So this quarter part of our meadow we have decided to plough up.  First off we had to do a nice short cut on the grass before Uncle Joe rolled up in this gorgeous machine with a plough attached to till the earth.  First the edges were cut then Joe went up and down ploughing and turning the earth nice and deep.
The plan is to let the frost and winter get into the soil and help all the soil bacteria as well as let the worms do what they do best to help make some good soil. Turning the soil will help with drainage, especially with such a good turn of earth as we are doing here.  Later on at the start of the new year we will have another tractor with a rotavator attached to chop up all the tilled soil before we plan out where we want our veg and fruit beds to be.  Talk about not doing things by halves we feel like mini farmers

Tilling the edges setting the space

Turning the earth 

Making the farrows

 Lovely little red tractor helping the get the earth ready 

 Lovely farrows getting ready for winter