Tractor Seat

My friend Mikey (The Horseshoeing Housewife) has been after me to do a blog, since I enjoy hers so much... so here goes. When it rains here, which unfortunately isn't very often, I try to tractor the pasture. It's important because that's where we dump everything we take out of the horse, donkey and mule pens, so it does need to be turned over periodically. The last time it rained, the tractor's hydraulics were plugged, and there's no driving the tractor if you can't lift the bucket off the ground ~sigh~. The time before that, we had a nice morning rain, but instead of tractoring in the afternoon, we had a birthday party to do pony rides for... the kids had fun but by the next day it was too dry and dusty already for the tractor. Knowing that I was going to start this blog today, I dragged my husband and camera out with me to document this momentous event...

We hook the disc behind the tractor and attach the finger rake behind it so I only have to do this once...

I'd have liked twice as much rain so the disc dug in deeper, but at least I'm not making a dust cloud that obliterates not only the neighbor's house, but their whole yard and the street out front!
Yup that shadow is Randy with the camera... watch out minis, here comes mom on the tractor!

That's Eve the white mini mule checking my work
Shasta also thinks she needs to supervise
watch that fence now, not too close!

Another pass or two and the minis decided to head for the hills... or at least, their pen! I sat on that tractor and made circles until full dark... and my SEAT knows it!