working the land at big table round 2

Duane came over last night for the inaugural run of a new 'old' piece of equipment on my farm. Daune bought this thing called a hutmoharrow (no clue how to spell that) it was acquired a couple years back when he and I were at the annual draft auction and he spied it and knew just what is was as he has used it when it was owned by a different draft horse farmer on his place : ). It's a horse drawn ground driven rototiller and it's very simple and works REALLY well! We've been talking about putting it to use in my garden for over a year and we got 'er done : ) - We started with the row that Laura and I plowed on Sunday and it took a little doing to get the horses going on it but with duane on the lines as always I was watching and learning new subtleties -- here I am 5+ years in working with Duane and still learning tons from him ... I guess when you've been doing this for 40 + years you know a thing or two... I'm lucky to have such a good teacher and friend thanks duane... so we got a bit more done and I'm gonna keep whacking away at it over the next few days and see if I can't get some more done...

I did get to work the hutmoharrow myself for a couple passes it's a bit of a trick to stand on this thing and drive at the same time. But kind of fun. I wouldn't say the safest choice but I'll make sure a second person is around when I harrow next. : ) 

addendum - On my run this morning I thought  about watching duane drive and thought about my husband at a dinner party what do these things have in common -- They dont' say much and when they do it's simple and not too loud.. Too often I'm the loud one at the table jovial and having fun... not a bad thing but there are times in life (like while driving horses) to quiet yourself focus and let the horse or other person at the table lean in and listen... I watched the horses set there ears waiting for daune to give the next step... less is more I'll get there : )