Saturday was the first mowing of the season. The weather was perfect, well, it was a bit windy but temperature wise, it was perfect. I fired up the Zen Machine 2 and it was happy to be useful again.
The grass (weeds?) were definitely saying "it's time", ha! I had a new mowing routine to do.
Lots of new mowing around Barnabas, but I had to skip a few spots where I encountered some small stumps they missed from the clearing. I'm going to buy some fluorescent landscaping paint and spray around them so I won't have to worry about it the next time until I can get them out of the ground later (they are small, like 3 or 4 inches in diameter).
After I was almost done, I had to move the truck, but it had been sitting there for a few weeks since I couldn't move it with all the construction equipment out there and rainy weekends and driveway issue...
And the battery was dead.
I grabbed the Halo Bolt charger, hooked it up and once again, it saved the day. Started right up! I was at a quarter tank of gas so I decided a nice, long drive was what it needed. Took it a few miles down the road and filled it up and then drove over and aired up the tires (they were all a little low). Came back to the farm and parked it and finished mowing.
Afterward, it was looking good and back to normal. I used the truck to go down to "J" and filled up with 5 gallon buckets so I could water all the plants and then I decided to call it a day.
My distance was about normal but coverage was less and the time was almost the same but the speed was slower. That's all a factor of trying figure out a new routine of mowing. New paths, new routes, things to skip. The driveway as interesting, much less to mow of course, but a bit more difficult.
We did find that when they built the driveway, they had to cut down large pieces of the vitex along the driveway. We were ok with it, we told them whatever they needed to do as the driveway was priority. We might have to rethink that area.
Surprisingly, they had scraped up and removed most of the rocks and gravel that might have spilled over the edge of the driveway, so no worries there. It was just a lot of forward and back and up and down and blades on and blades off.
Still...it was a wonderful day to be back out there. I enjoyed spending my time thinking about all the possibilities for our yard in a a few months.
Tomorrow, house update!
Well, the farm looks so green 💚 ... a nod to St. Pat's Day!
ReplyDeleteThe paint on the stumps will help remind them to get them out. It all looks so neat. We have a battery charger that will give us a jump without another car. It has been handy to have.
ReplyDeleteDo you still have your bees? (My profile used to pop up here when I comment but is not showing now for some reason. I posted as either Sulamith or Margie Oliver. Can't remember! I don't want to be anonymous LOL!)
ReplyDeleteMargie; 'click on where it says 'Post comment' It will then say . . . comment as: then you should see a small arrow pointing downward. Click on that arrow and your name should show up. Click on your name and hopefully you will no longer be anonymous. : -) Give it a try. Has worked for me before just by clicking on that little downward arrow.
DeleteSo enjoying following the stages of the new house, I think I am enjoying the excitement nearly as much as you both !!! Carol from Australia.
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