Plowing Methodology Question

My question is :
Since this area is triangular and not square, could I start on the outside edges, turning the ground outward and work towards the middle? This would leave a small indentation in the very center, but maybe the disc would fill most of this up.

I hope I explained this well enough be be understood.

All guidance here is most welcomed.

Thanks,
Tommy D.

Now for my 1.5 cents worth... I'm lucky enough to have a rectangular area. That simplifies things. I can also turn on the un-plowed grass area that surrounds the entire garden plot. I plow it all 1-way (South this time) one year, the other way the next year. This way I have a furrow at one side, a slight ridge at the other, and neither is a big problem.

Some plows (especially the longer ones) don't like to turn as easily one way as the other. Your 2-bottom size shouldn't give you much trouble, but the turn radius in a given direction close to a fence may be a consideration.

The part that you have in the center (described above) is called a back furrow - that's where you have the hump. The furrows on the outside are called dead furrows.

So, this year, just drop the plow down so your wheel is in the dead furrow and plow the other way. Yes, you'll end up with a dead furrow in middle, but next year you can plow it back.

Other other option is to plow the entire garden one way. That would entail either backing up to plow the next furrow, or turning around... There are two-way plows made that have two sets of plows going each way so that you can just go back and forth.

Tim

Gerald J.

Gerald J.

Note that with the triangle, you will have to turn around on the freshly plowed ground, and this will pack it a bit, quite a bit if it is wet. Just the way things are. Here in MN we often plow in fall, so winter can mellow the ground & it is soft & nice in spring.

--->Paul