With the fresh spring air, warm sunshine, and grass growing, this time of the year also means checking out the fields for rock picking. If you remember Daryl had the wagons all ready the other day 
and with the weather perfect for hanging out in the field – we were off for the first of our many days of rock picking.
Now I know that it’s kind of a crazy thing to say, but with the first day of the ‘season’ it’s kind of exciting. You know that you get to be out in the fresh air and sunshine and it’s not hard work but just really time consuming. So like I said… we were off. The wagon was hooked up to the tractor with the bucket just in case we found some super duper rocks that will need a little bit more encouragement than we can give with our sand shovel.
As we were heading down the road sitting on the rock wagon and with Daryl in front us on the tractor, I had to wonder if something so common this time of the year around our area is something that a lot of people probably have never done before. And maybe they would never want to either 🙂
Now once we got into the field and it was our first time out, like I said it’s something that is kind of exciting. But then…. well after about the 85 gazillion rock that you’ve bent down to get and so much dirt in your fingernails and in your shoes, well let’s just say the newness wears off. And I might say it wears off pretty fast.
But the reason that we do it is to protect your farm equipment from picking up the rocks, so it’s a good thing. And for me? Well I can use all the exercise that I can get so I need to stay focused on the job and to try not to whine. Well at least not out loud.
The first field that we decided to do this year is where a long time ago there was a small creek that ran through the field and somewhere along the line the creek was straightened out. But what does that mean for rock pickers? Well it means that you’re now picking the rock that someone had on purpose put there when the creek was there. See you put rocks along the side of the creek to keep the sides from eroding. Crazy stuff!
Oh well, we just barely made one round and the wagon was getting too heavy for the field. If the wagon gets too heavy, you end up leaving some pretty big tracks in the filed and also you might blow a tire on your wagon. Either way, after one round and a couple of hours later, we were done. Well done for tonight.
Tonights load