What is it about newly turned earth?

[SIBUD]

72 this afternoon in Southern Illinois. Took Red out for a ride. Barely on the highway and I smelled it. Newly turned earth. Sure enough, 4WD tractor with a big disc behind it doing some fall tilling since the weather is so nice.

You all know the smell. Earthy, moist, fertile.

You can close your eyes and smell it now.

Great day for a ride to have a visit with a long time (40 years) friend.

Doesn't get any better.

[sfarson]

Bud... I passed through southern Illinois two years ago when I wanted to stand at the bottom of the state and see the Mississippi and Ohio rivers merge right before me near Cairo. AWESOME. While getting there enjoyed the fertile countryside. Reminded me of my grandfather who was a farmer in NW Indiana, who absolutely enjoyed the smell of the dark soil, even hearing the corn growing at night.

Looking south, Mississippi on the right, Ohio on the left, bottom ten feet of Illinois in the front. Can you imagine the rafters coming down the Ohio and seeing the monstrous river from the north joining?

http://www.farson.com/images/2rivers.jpg

[SIBUD]

http://www.farson.com/images/2rivers.jpg

Great Picture. Yes, it must have been a surprise.

[username]

72 this afternoon in Southern Illinois. Took Red out for a ride. Barely on the highway and I smelled it. Newly turned earth. Sure enough, 4WD tractor with a big disc behind it doing some fall tilling since the weather is so nice.

You all know the smell. Earthy, moist, fertile.

You can close your eyes and smell it now.

Great day for a ride to have a visit with a long time (40 years) friend.

Doesn't get any better.

nice description - i LOVE that smell.

[riderR1150GSAdv]

Riding home from my folks today through the rural area of Homestead FL, the farmers there were tilling and plowing away as well. I guess it is that time of the year. The smell of fresh soil and a liiiittle bity of rain made the smell more noticeble. It felt good to be away from the city and the cagers. :thumb

[DougGrosjean]

Right now, with the warm temps here in NW Ohio, my rural commute past farms and small towns consists of autumn brown vegetation, stripse of plowed black earth here and there, and the smell of pig ****, pickles, and tomato ketchup as the local canning factories finish off their fall runs.

Not a complaint, just an observation. Funny how the winter freezes all the smells, and the warm days resume them.