You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

An update: my neighbor's "hired man" came by tonight with the big tractor and the big rototiller, and he made very short work of some of the remaining sod I needed turned over. (By the way, "hired man" is the term used to refer to farm hands. I think it sounds kind of feudal, but when in Rome . . .)

At $40 an hour that was easily the best $40-60 I have spent on the farm so far. It saved me at least 15-20 hours of labor, which is 15-20 hours I just don't have right now. Don't get me wrong, it was worth it to do all the work I have done so far in terms of getting the field ready, because to have him come custom till the whole area from scratch would have been in the $800-1000 range. But having him come zap the remaining sod clumps from a smaller area that needs to get planted in the next two weeks was definitely worth it.

Feeling pretty psyched right now.