This weekend was the annual plowoff at my brother-in-law’s farm. This event involves several local farm equipment enthusiasts bringing their vintage tractors and small plows over to one of the family’s farm fields, and taking turns plowing rows. It’s a win-win for everyone involved; the tractor owners get to play on toys that sometimes otherwise would get no use (they don’t all have farms of their own to plow), and my relative gets his field plowed in trade for grilling out for everyone. These old machines are fully capable of doing the work they were manufactured to do half a century ago, and the plowoff gives all of us a chance to see them in action. I am grateful to get to be a part of this event every year and capture it in pictures for all eternity. Continue reading The Plowoff