First rye planting

Got the first of the winter cover crops planted today.  I’m trying a combination of cereal rye and hairy vetch.  The rye should come up quickly, and the vetch should add some nitrogen to the soil.  Used the horse rototiller to work up this 35′ x 75′ section after Tom had disked in the summer’s “crop” of weeds.  A quick field experiment involving the Earthway garden seeder, a plastic sour cream cup, and several different seed plates convinced me that Beet plate would handle the mixed rye/vetch seed best.  It took about an hour and over 70 passes with the seeder to drill the seed, but it all went in.  With the sprinklers set for 45 minutes nightly, here’s hoping the stuff comes up!