Re-planting the Buckwheat

Wednesday July 19, 2017

Sunrise: 5:51 am
Sunset: 7:51 pm
Temperature at Noon: 90 degrees
Sun's Angle: 78 degrees
UV: Extreme
Humidity: 60%

A couple of days ago I began preparation for tilling the returned-to-seed buckwheat back in.  Things went like this:

• Late in the evening I mowed down the buckwheat which had gone to seed in the field

• Next day I bought and spread two tons of agricultural lime over the acre I mowed down — $30 a ton with free use of the spreader pulled around the field behind our 4WD Silverado

• Later that day I began tilling the seed back in to a depth of about 3-4 inches

• Got lucky with the rain later which drizzled on the newly-tilled field

• Next day pulled a drag around the field to smooth things out (drag looks more or less like this to the left — nothing fancy or complicated)

The field looks gorgeous right now.  We're waiting to see what comes up ... maybe something ... maybe nothing.  We'll see.