After my recovery period for Covid, I went to Cullman on Monday the 8th and started catching up on the mowing and farm stuff. Pretty much everything needed mowing. The big tractor made short work on the main north fields and David helped me with the field across from the pond.
The grass had grown quite long and with the two week absence, I simply started and mowed all of them. There is always some mowing to do. At least no trees had fallen. There were some indoor projects pending. A couple of shower fixtures had to be replaced. The screen door latch didn't hold and had to be improved. The old JD mower needed a bit of tuning so it would climb better and the mowing deck replaced. And the garden needed to be disked and more corn and okra planted.
David should have had a shot on the groundhog at the old house but forgot to check his ammo. The hammer fell on an empty chamber.
I got the conibear traps out and caught one of the groundhogs that lived by the spring.
David had finished up at Wallace State so I took the truck over and picked up his tool chest.
Going forward, perhaps I can keep the mowing jobs on track.
I had an unfortunate episode when I bragged on myself for getting the finish mower working. Immediately the brake seized on the little tractor which forced me to disconnect the brake piston. I'll have to drain the fluid and re-bleed the brake lines. Just another "million dollar view" moment.
I spared the spiderwort that was blooming around the old house. It was too pretty to mow down.