Planting

On Saturday, Jimmy was planting Orchardgrass with his "No Till Drill". We were watching and taking pictures/video:

Jimmy was seeding to try to get better cover in part of this field.

In the front, these wavy discs break up the soil... they are called "coulters" -

I was wondering if that was named after a person who created them, but from an online dictionary - defining "coulter":

1. a vertical cutting blade fixed in front of a plowshare.

   • the part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.

Origin

Old English, from Latin culter ‘knife or plowshare’.

So, it comes from Latin - I should have known that!

In the back, the two at a "v" shape open up the soil (furrow opener), allowing the seed to be planted, and the packer wheel in the back tamps it down.

Jimmy figured we could be put to work, so we got up on the planter (drill) and kept watch to make sure that the seeds continued to cover the openings that they were feeding down through...

Carl managing his part of the hopper. He did really well managing the seed and staying on the drill at the same time!