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I have an old Planet Jr double wheel push plow that I recently replaced the handles on with some plow handles from Hoss Equipment that I modified to fit. They are steam bent and made by the Amish.





























Weeds Fear me.

mbcabinetmaker wrote:
Weeds Fear me.

No Doubt!!! So does sawdust!!

Those handles are nice looking work. Nice wood handles just make old tools look and work right.

But, isn't dirt supposed to be black?

Dirt is like people.


It comes in different colors.


Most is just plain brown.


BTW 'potting soil' is not 'dirt'.


Oh and it gets darker when wet.



Around here we call black dirt coal.



So, what does California dirt look like(bet the latitude affects that answer).

JPG wrote:So, what does California dirt look like(bet the latitude affects that answer).

DRY.

Dirt in California gets behind my ears.
The stuff on the ground is SOIL.

Latitude does play somewhat of a part on the color of soil, however, the largest change is due to elevation. Higher up, the soil becomes granite color.

By the way - Way over half of the nation's vegetables, nuts, etc. come from California.

..."So a loss of California ag production would hit hard consumers’ wallets and their diets would become less balanced.This is because our state produces a sizable majority of American fruits, vegetables and nuts; 99 percent of walnuts, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, 95 percent of garlic, 89 percent of cauliflower, 71 percent of spinach, and 69 percent of carrots and the list goes on and on. A lot of this is due to our soil and climate. No other state, or even a combination of states, can match California’s output per acre."
(copied from internet)

charlese wrote:Dirt in California gets behind my ears.
The stuff on the ground is SOIL.

Latitude does play somewhat of a part on the color of soil, however, the largest change is due to elevation. Higher up, the soil becomes granite color.

By the way - Way over half of the nation's vegetables, nuts, etc. come from California.

..."So a loss of California ag production would hit hard consumers’ wallets and their diets would become less balanced.This is because our state produces a sizable majority of American fruits, vegetables and nuts; 99 percent of walnuts, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, 95 percent of garlic, 89 percent of cauliflower, 71 percent of spinach, and 69 percent of carrots and the list goes on and on. A lot of this is due to our soil and climate. No other state, or even a combination of states, can match California’s output per acre."
(copied from internet)

From the land of the sinking earth. That scares me for my great grand children.

What will happen when the aquifer dries up?

JPG wrote: From the land of the sinking earth. That scares me for my great grand children.

What will happen when the aquifer dries up?

What aquifer? That went pretty low years ago. Water comes via aquifer from Northern CA. and that source is very dry. Talk about scary!

Yes it is!!!!! It ain't good! So Cal urban folks are now told to reduce their water use by 68%. Heavy fines for using more water than last year. What's more scary to me is it seems some folks would rather have swimming pools and grass than household water.

Palmdale water district was paying cash to folks that would rip out their lawns. Newspaper today said all the $ allocated for that program has been used.

[quote="garys"

But, isn't dirt supposed to be black? [/quote]


I believe someone slipped some Georgia red clay into my upstate dirt!

mbcabinetmaker wrote:[quote="garys"

But, isn't dirt supposed to be black?

I believe someone slipped some Georgia red clay into my upstate dirt! [/quote]


Maybe the wind blew some red stuff over the mountains to the west (TN). You know 'big orange country'.