Tilling For End of Season.

Sunday was an all around great day on the farm... the weather was perfect...not too hot, gorgeous sunshine and a slight hint of crispy autumn-like breezes in the shade. We accomplished a lot with a full work-day on the farm. We spent a huge portion of the day cutting grass all around the garden, the pumpkin patch and bush-hogging both clover plots. Once this was finished, we tilled up the "other" side of the pumpkin patch that did not recover from the thinning of the vines we did a few weekends ago. Hubby quickly tilled up that side of the patch and then we fertilized the soil and planted new orange pumpkin seeds.

An extra row between the corn stalks where the planter missed some seeds in the original patch planting...

The couple of sunflowers that made it from the deer feast earlier in July.

Next, we started the dreadful end-of-season task of removing the old plants from the garden in preparation of tilling the soil for fall plantings. Pulling up the stakes, removing the ties and cages, etc...

Removed the tomato and cucumber plants...

Pulling up the fence posts we used to support the twine for the cucumber vines to run up...

And then we tilled up that side of the garden.

This area where we tilled up the tomatoes and cucumber was also where we had our zucchini, squash, eggplants, cabbages and first planting of corn. We left the three rows in the middle intact since the green beans, okra and peppers are still producing. Oh, and Hubby loves his tiller.

Next up, we tilled where the second planting of corn, our first attempt at pumpkins and watermelons and the three rows of long peas...

Hate to see the beautiful purple-hull pea plants go, but they were all but finished producing and it is time to prep for autumn plantings!

Looks like two hot dogs really like freshly turned over soil for napping and cooling off!

And finally here Hubby is re-installing the perimeter fencing at the end of the day.