Seedbed preparation complete

Seed bed for winter wheat after grass completed.
8″ of top soil over deep clay, bit cloddy, trash on surface but it is ready for drilling tomorrow.

Field ploughed for first time since 1953

Yesterday we ploughed up a 1954 sward of the legendary Cockle Park mixture. More on this tomorrow.
The field was very difficult to plough, with just 8″ of top soil above a pure clay sub-soil.
The following crop will be winter wheat after which a grass sward will be established again. 

I think its fair to say it will be another 60 years before its ploughed again!