Levee forming apparatus and method

A method of forming a levee in a field planted with seed, comprising the steps of:

• forming a plurality of laterally spaced borrow ditches by removing earth from the ditches without disturbing the ground surface between the laterally spaced ditches;
• transporting the removed earth to a predetermined location without disturbing the ground surface between the laterally spaced ditches;
• depositing the earth which was removed from the plurality of ditches at the predetermined location;
• working the deposited earth to form a levee having a substantially uniform shape without dips and weak spots;
• planting the field with seed prior to forming the plurality of laterally spaced ditches and forming the ditches prior to germination of the seed to provide a stand of the crop on the undisturbed ground surface between the laterally spaced ditches;
• planting additional seed in the deposited earth forming the levee to provide an adequate stand to maintain a good yield across the levee;
• the step of planting additional seed includes adding the seed with the removed earth prior to depositing the earth to form the levee;
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• the step of forming the laterally spaced ditches including forming at least two ditches on each of the two sides of the predetermined location and forming the levee at the predetermined location without disturbing the ground surface at the space between each two ditches at each side of the levee.