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May. 25th, 2019 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicornduke Today was a day where I got things done that needed to be done but everything took longer than expected and didn't quite work the way I wanted.
I got up early, walked the dogs. Then I grabbed the cultivating tractor, made some adjustments to the height of the shovels because they dragged on the ground really badly. I couldn't raise them super high because then the innermost ones would dig in too far (There was a part of the arm in the way that meant I couldn't raise those ones more) and then I cultivated. Much easier the second time. Dad ordered the hilling disks for it, so I can cover my potatoes when I get to planting them.
Then dad was finished with the little orange tractor, so I put the rototiller on. It has the ability to be offset from the three point hitch and in true farming fashion, the way it is prevented from moving sideways while using it, is a chunk of wood holding it one way and a chain holding it the other. Last time I was using it, the chunk of wood had popped off and so it had drifted sideways until I was rototilling not in the center of where I was driving. So I had to put that back into place. Then I got rototilling and one section went well at a faster speed but I had to slow back down for the other section.
After that I put up the netting fence in the hopes that I could keep Mara with me while I do stuff. It needed to be brought down off the back hill first so I did that and the final set of fencing had to be carried far enough and was heavy enough that my arms cramped up after I got it in the truck.
At that point, I watered the transplants to keep them happy.
I got the fencing set up but it took a while because it's netting fencing and tiny sticks get stuck in it and you can't pull it. They claim they are easy to set up but I have yet to ever put one up and not have a terrible time.
Ate lunch at like, 2 and rewatered my transplants (some ended up dry despite this and being under cover. How?!?!)
Then I took Mara down to the field with me. Not my smartest idea because it was boiling hot and she was expecting a walk. I walked her around the perimeter and then let her wander. She stuck close to me for about five minutes and then made an immediate beeline for the far corner from me and shoved her face right through the fence, as though she could walk right through it.
So that was a failed attempt. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning after our walk and when it's cooler.
By the time I walked the dogs, fed them and got back down to the field, it was around 5 and I had to measure out my rows. So I got that done and then I transplanted until about 8 and got 2/3 of my plants in the ground. I was hoping to get all of them because we've got a storm coming in tonight so it would rain them in. I don't have irrigation set up yet because that's a lot of effort. It's on the list but a lower priority than planting. Same thing with mulching.
Then I packed up, got back to the house, showered and threw my laundry in because we're going to a graduation party/get together tomorrow afternoon. I'll have monday as well but I still need to drive back to NY. In total I got like three rows planted of 28. I really need to get moving tomorrow.
I'm super tired so I'll be sleeping shortly
I got up early, walked the dogs. Then I grabbed the cultivating tractor, made some adjustments to the height of the shovels because they dragged on the ground really badly. I couldn't raise them super high because then the innermost ones would dig in too far (There was a part of the arm in the way that meant I couldn't raise those ones more) and then I cultivated. Much easier the second time. Dad ordered the hilling disks for it, so I can cover my potatoes when I get to planting them.
Then dad was finished with the little orange tractor, so I put the rototiller on. It has the ability to be offset from the three point hitch and in true farming fashion, the way it is prevented from moving sideways while using it, is a chunk of wood holding it one way and a chain holding it the other. Last time I was using it, the chunk of wood had popped off and so it had drifted sideways until I was rototilling not in the center of where I was driving. So I had to put that back into place. Then I got rototilling and one section went well at a faster speed but I had to slow back down for the other section.
After that I put up the netting fence in the hopes that I could keep Mara with me while I do stuff. It needed to be brought down off the back hill first so I did that and the final set of fencing had to be carried far enough and was heavy enough that my arms cramped up after I got it in the truck.
At that point, I watered the transplants to keep them happy.
I got the fencing set up but it took a while because it's netting fencing and tiny sticks get stuck in it and you can't pull it. They claim they are easy to set up but I have yet to ever put one up and not have a terrible time.
Ate lunch at like, 2 and rewatered my transplants (some ended up dry despite this and being under cover. How?!?!)
Then I took Mara down to the field with me. Not my smartest idea because it was boiling hot and she was expecting a walk. I walked her around the perimeter and then let her wander. She stuck close to me for about five minutes and then made an immediate beeline for the far corner from me and shoved her face right through the fence, as though she could walk right through it.
So that was a failed attempt. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning after our walk and when it's cooler.
By the time I walked the dogs, fed them and got back down to the field, it was around 5 and I had to measure out my rows. So I got that done and then I transplanted until about 8 and got 2/3 of my plants in the ground. I was hoping to get all of them because we've got a storm coming in tonight so it would rain them in. I don't have irrigation set up yet because that's a lot of effort. It's on the list but a lower priority than planting. Same thing with mulching.
Then I packed up, got back to the house, showered and threw my laundry in because we're going to a graduation party/get together tomorrow afternoon. I'll have monday as well but I still need to drive back to NY. In total I got like three rows planted of 28. I really need to get moving tomorrow.
I'm super tired so I'll be sleeping shortly
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Date: 2019-05-26 01:56 am (UTC)I don't have irrigation set up yet because that's a lot of effort.
And now anyone sensible is frightened of setting up irrigation!
Hope it goes really well tomorrow.
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Date: 2019-05-26 10:34 am (UTC)