Drag Harrow

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We decided to keep our existing ground cover by using a drag harrow to level out all the clumps left after deep tilling. It's harder to get a new cover established later in spring after the hemp seedlings go in so we decided to put up with a few bumps and keep the existing cover. Keeping the field in cover crop supports good soil microbiology that is essential to plant health.

The seat suspension on the old Case 1490 tractor I borrowed was broken. Essentially, it was as if I was sitting right on the tractor frame. Going crisscross over the furrows was a teeth jarring experience especially since driving faster seemed to help with smoothing out the bumps. There were a few times I had to grab onto the fender to keep from being thrown about :) Such is the life of our small scale organic dairy farmers as they fight to nurture their land in the face of mega-farming with its lobbyists and life-diminishing practices.