Ground was broken for this project with “obstruction removal” September 18. These photos are from September 25, eight days into it. This is early morning as Brett brought the ripper out again, this time going mostly east-west.

I had been asked if NRCS could bring a crew to film while some of their personnel and I were interviewed for an in-house video they wanted to create. I said sure. The crew set up shades, screens, reflectors, and two cameras and were here about three hours.

I learned a few things from the interviews and discussion. I hadn’t thought about NRCS being a voluntary agency as opposed to a regulatory one. That means that we, the clients, volunteer to have them come to our farms. We have asked for help and they provide it. In our case they have provided all the engineering assistance and the request for funding.

In the meantime Brett was still working.

Dan had borrowed a larger chain saw from our son and needed to finish cutting the tree that was in the way of truck access for the irrigation supplies that would be coming.

Close-up of the ring-rollers pulled behind the disc.

Another view of the ripper…

…and the track loader.

The field when this part was finished.