You can see the suckers that were cut-off and laying in the rows. |
After plowing, you can still see a little moisture. |
Since Tony had the tractor at the garden he decided to go ahead and replant the okra and plant the crowder peas. The ground on the lower side had hardened since he first plowed in mid-April so he had to till it again. This time he just used the harrows to break the ground. They don't pulverize the soil. After he plowed, he layed off 5 rows with the Farm-all. One row of okra and four rows of peas. These pea seeds are over 100 years old and have been grown by the Wade side of Tony's family. When Granny moved from Yonah to White County when she was 12 years old, her daddy protected these seed by sitting on them. Can you imagine riding in a wagon from Yonah, between Homer and Alto, to the southern end of White County with your family and everything you own? That's what they did.
Normally, we plant the peas on June 10th. I am not sure why, it's just when Granny says they should be planted. But, we are taking a chance this year and planting two weeks early. I hope we don't have the same results as we had with the okra and have to replant. When the peas start coming up is when we will encounter another one of the garden's enemies, deer. Deer love peas and they will come from near and far and will eat the tops out of the pea plants. We have tried every conceivable way to deter them. We have tied plastic bags to strings, tied Granny's dog, Roll, to a tree next to the garden, we have gotten hair from Tony's sister and brother-in-law and put all around the edges. And, Tony has even tried taking off all of his clothes and laying them on the fence around the garden hoping the scent would keep them away. Nothing we have tried has worked....even stripping down naked. So, if you have any suggestions, let me know. As you can see nothing is out of Tony's reach when it comes to protecting the garden.
Harrows |
Rows for okra and peas |
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