Just came in for a break at 3 - yard around the house, front field (between house & road - pretty large area) are mowed, plus around my garden & a path to the garden. I have also cut paths through the fields so when I walk the dogs, I’m not in Tickville - I’m dogsitting this weekend. I’d like to get the top half of the front pasture & around the barn/pole barn cut .... going to run out of gas (need a trip to pumps), so that’s when I’ll quit, unless a T-storm comes first. I should be able to finish most everything tomorrow.
It takes me about 8 hours to mow everything, maybe 10. I can do it in two afternoon/evening sessions .... if I mow all day, I can do it in a day, but the grass is usually too wet to start mowing before 11-12.
Next week looks very mild with clouds, showers pretty much every day - perfect to plant the 3 little tomatoes I got to replace the 3 that died. I am thrilled that my thithonia/sunflower bed is doing fantastic! It should really attract birds, butterflies & bees, in addition to being beautiful.
Spotted a coyote in our oat deer food plot just the other day & several nights ago, the front porch motion light came on ... a fox was trotting down the driveway, passing the sidewalk, which triggered the light. We’re seeing deer in the back field fairly frequently, after not seeing any for a while. Lots of wildlife around here.
Off to mow again on my Zero Turn .... love it! :-)
I added Norway Maple eradication to my routine.
Killing them is a public service.
A 2” diameter young tree can be 14’ tall. I disappeared six in back, sneaking around when my neighbors aren’t around. They worry when I cut trees, cuz it effects their view.
My first team of death now is:
Knotweed
Asiatic bittersweet
Tree of heaven
Norway Maple