Seeds in the ground

We spent the day planting!  And somehow, it actually went fairly smoothly.  The morning started observing tractor usage from the roof of the vault.  It looks so barren and like lots of exposed dirt now.  Hopefully not for long:

This is the generous neighbor Luis Carlos who spent the night watering with us, and now helped us out by bringing his tractor and discer over to smooth out the field (which will greatly help with the watering at this point)

We planted many beans.  These are "corcovado," a type that supposedly does well here.

The mule was pretty cooperative, I thought, and the seeds mostly went in the ground in fairly straight lines. This seeder was one method of getting them in the ground.  We also hand seeded the corn, sorghum, and teparies, walking behind Conrado who was on the plow opening up, and then closing the ground.

Planted:

-Corcovado beans from Banamichi

-Pinto beans from Banamichi

-Tepary Beans: San Ignacio white, Pinnacate brown, Sacaton brown

-Cow pea

-Sorghum:  grain type

-Corn:  2 types: Various blue kinds from a few different spots, and "Yoeme Vatchi"

-sunflowers (between the different types of beans)

And now to wait, and hope things sprout.  Apparently people plant the beans when the soil is moist (a week or so after watering) and then don't water them till they are a few inches tall (maybe 3+ weeks from now)  It doesn't feel like they will sprout, but I will try to trust the tried and true method here!  I'm guessing they have a nice hardy root system with that start.  And in a few weeks when we are both back, we will plant the last two minglas with some combination of sesame, buckwheat, vetch, pumpkins, gourds, millet, amaranth.  

Off to the hot springs for a much needed soak!