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Boys on the farm

Another work session at the farm. Both boys joined in this time. I took a couple of days working on the back yard deck disassembly. David helped some. Earlier this week with the tropical depression, the humidity made work a sweat shop. We got over half the deck removed. Wednesday was my day for Doctors. I saw the dentist and then the ophthalmologist, Eyes and teeth are ok. We drove up Thursday morning and went to work on the shop. Working quickly, we got the orange paint covered with a coat of barn colored paint. Although we got everything a first coat, some touch-up
will have to be done and the trim painted. That took pretty much the first day.
 I was able to set up the Fire Stick on the downstairs tv which allowed a little better media experience. I also had a little time to get the belt put back on the Old John Deere mower. It looked like someone tried to put it back on but got it all wrong. The belt is chewed up so a replacement is in its future. 
We worked down at the Galin place Friday morning. With help from Max, I moved the tree off the house and cut it up for the burn pile. I got David on the Bush-hog to cut the high grass that Sonya hadn't cut down close to the area where they are taking hay.
Preston had removed the old Farmall tractor that belonged to "Big-un" so that opened up some room in the barn. So while David roto-tilled the garden and did some more bush-hogging and Max used the zero turn to mow below the barn on Friday afternoon, I went on a reorganization mission and moved things into a more efficient plan, at least for me. First we took all the trailers and tractors out of the barn.  I needed the 3 point hitch to move the implements, so I used the old 284 tractor despite it not having brakes. Turns out you don't need brakes so much. You just have to keep it in gear. I even moved the old finish mower from under the shop. My next move is to go over it and replace the belts needed to get it operating. If that happens, we will start using it for some of the mowing jobs. Maybe even some plowing.  

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