New sprinkler

Our latest pivot sprinkler arrived last week. Its purpose is to irrigate our forthcoming organic peanuts.

Given its length, it's moved in sections, each with two drivers: one at the front, one at the back.

Apparently it was cold that day as the follow-behind driver had wrapped his entire head in a scarf.

It was quite an obstacle course getting the pivot where it needed to be. First around the grape-planting festivities. Then some last-minute dirt removal to widen the cut through. (Road-building is on our to-do list . . . but not until after planting season.)

Then back to our nuclear wasteland. 

Just kidding. It only looks like a nuclear wasteland. 

This is what freshly broken out land looks like after one discing. Pre-leveling. Pre-deep-breaking. Pre-irrigation. Pre-listering. Pre-composting. Pre-planting. Pre-margarita.

And it just wouldn't be a typical day for us without at least one truck getting stuck in the sand. 

I will say though there is something completely satisfying about pulling a truck out of the dirt with a tractor. If you're city-folk like I used to be, you're just going to have to trust me on this.