Yes.. spring officially arrived on Sunday, the 20th but today, spring is here for the full 24 hours.
Winter is essentially behind us once more and our thoughts are turning to getting the machinery ready for battle. Blades need to be sharpened. The tractor needs to be greased. Perhaps certain fluids should be changed. Everything needs close inspection for worn parts, loose parts, missing parts and seized parts. Fresh fuel should be added and the item should be started up, allowed to run as well as being tested, if possible.
The earth is warming up and before you know it, everything will begin to grow once again. This is a good time to do a preliminary cleanup of leaves and trash that has blown onto your property over the winter. It's also an excellent time to put six inches of well-rotted manure or compost onto your veggie garden. The spring rains will carry nutrient into the soil below and when things dry up, you can plow or rototill that covering into the soil to improve it.
You should be planning out your veggie garden and ordering seeds now for "starts". Tomato's, peppers, pumpkins are just a few items that can benefit from an early, indoor start in controlled temps not to mention all the annual flowers available.
A small greenhouse in the back yard can save you hundreds of dollars that you would spend at the nursery.
However, this is a tractor forum and there are plenty of issues to discuss about the tractors and attachments we use.
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Winter is essentially behind us once more and our thoughts are turning to getting the machinery ready for battle. Blades need to be sharpened. The tractor needs to be greased. Perhaps certain fluids should be changed. Everything needs close inspection for worn parts, loose parts, missing parts and seized parts. Fresh fuel should be added and the item should be started up, allowed to run as well as being tested, if possible.
The earth is warming up and before you know it, everything will begin to grow once again. This is a good time to do a preliminary cleanup of leaves and trash that has blown onto your property over the winter. It's also an excellent time to put six inches of well-rotted manure or compost onto your veggie garden. The spring rains will carry nutrient into the soil below and when things dry up, you can plow or rototill that covering into the soil to improve it.
You should be planning out your veggie garden and ordering seeds now for "starts". Tomato's, peppers, pumpkins are just a few items that can benefit from an early, indoor start in controlled temps not to mention all the annual flowers available.
A small greenhouse in the back yard can save you hundreds of dollars that you would spend at the nursery.
However, this is a tractor forum and there are plenty of issues to discuss about the tractors and attachments we use.
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