When harvest is over it is time to prepare the vineyard for the winter rains. The photos below show the discing, which prepares and creates the furrows, followed by the seeding. The seeds are a combination of grasses which protect the vineyard from erosion.
The vineyard staff was very proud of their planning abilities. The disc tractor moves at 3mph and the seeder at 5mph. How much leeway to give the disc tractor so that the seed tractor does not bump into it? Apparently it has been calculated with precision and it never happens.
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