I plowed this field today

Very nice work. Looks great.  OK Lefty G.

That looks great! Except that we have that exact same setup, so you would be no-till drilling. It uses much less fuel, increases organic matter, and generally improves the soil. You really care about the land, Ron.

Wow!!! Talk about down to the inth (I think that's how you say it) degree!!! That's awesome!!

Very nice.

I did a little more after dinner...

Awesome scenery!  And I like how well the livestock is trained to stay away from the tracks.  

Now I like that. Very well done.

That is very cool, Ron.  Do you mind revealing how you did those dirt rows?  My first thought was corrugated carboard but it looks a little more pronounced than that.

You do know your JD is pulling a planter rather then plow, or disk? I still farm 500 acres. But aside, that is a great scene, and outstanding field.

Ron,

You did a beautiful job.

Alan Graziano

beachhead2 posted:

That is very cool, Ron.  Do you mind revealing how you did those dirt rows?  My first thought was corrugated carboard but it looks a little more pronounced than that.

You are correct... Corrugated cardboard, then painted brown, followed by a sprinkling of some home made dirt.

josef posted:

You do know your JD is pulling a planter rather then plow, or disk? I still farm 500 acres. But aside, that is a great scene, and outstanding field.

Ahhh, no.  I did not know that.  I'm just a city folk.  What implement should be behind there?

Thanks all for the kind words... Chicken coop, animals and more people come next.  I have this idea to run live power from actual telephone poles but I think I may be biting off more than I can chew.

Further suggestions or identification of my inaccuracies are very welcome.

vr

Ron

Ron, you don't need to change implements. You are pulling a no-till drill. We do it all the time, so you are right on the money. I think it looks great. I didn't explain it very well in my other post.

This looks great - I too use corrugated cardboard as a base - after wetting it and carefully tearing off the 'cover' - then I add fake fur.

That's a GREAT job Ron!  I'm making notes for my own layout.  

Put a little more "life" in the scence today.

Not bad for a city slicker.

Some say the moldboard plow is obsolete.   Here are several pictures of how one works. Idea is/was to turn the soil over, todays equipment can plant, without turning the soil, more efficient, less cost.

Four bottom semi-mount plow.  Plowing down corn stubble from the year before, crop to be planted is oats, a valuable high protein feed.  At least one trip over the plowed ground with a disk or harrow, then seeded with a grain drill.   Relatively old equipment pictured.  The black tubes are springs. If the plow bottom hits a rock, the springs allow the expensive parts to bend back, and reset, after the rock encounter, without damage.

The disk.

Remember doing just that in my younger days working at a turkey farm down the road from where I lived.

SO cool, Ron!

Mike CT posted:

Some say the moldboard plow is obsolete.   Here are several pictures of how one works. Idea is/was to turn the soil over, todays equipment can plant, without turning the soil, more efficient, less cost.

Four bottom semi-mount plow.  Plowing down corn stubble from the year before, crop to be planted is oats, a valuable high protein feed.  At least one trip over the plowed ground with a disk or harrow, then seeded with a grain drill.   Relatively old equipment pictured.  The black tubes are springs. If the plow bottom hits a rock, the springs allow the expensive parts to bend back, and reset, after the rock encounter, without damage.

The disk.

 

 

WOW. This brings back memories from years ago. My dad was a wheat and cattle farmer and I grew up running a "popping Johnny" (John Deere Model 80) pulling a four bottom moldboard.  Seemed to take forever to plow 160 acres.  Also pulled a similar disc.  Farming has changed a lot since then.  By the way, great work on the scenery.  

Rodney