Today we went into town again - running errands never ends!!! and went off and bought a Big Dog zero turn mower - Tom was having spectacular fun on it ripping around the field - like a kid with a new toy. He tells me that he accidently found out how to do a zero turn - perhaps at a less frantic pace next time may be helpful!
We are getting the grass down in one area but there is a huge amount of the grass that we have not even touched yet which is why we have enlisted further help on the weekends to get through more of the initial workload so that we can start on the planting out and planning.
Meanwhile the house is looking like a bomb has hit it but you can only be in one place at a time and at this time the place is outside trying to tame the greenery.
Today Tom tried to move logs with the bucket but was unsuccessful - there is a definite knack to doing it and we are hoping that Ken Pearce - who is coming to help on the weekends - will know and show the knack so that we can learn it too. This was always going to be a steep learning curve and has proven to be so - and will continue to do so for some time to come I can only imagine.
We could also be ending up with a trailer soon also - Outdoor Power Centre is where we bought the zero turn and also has the trailer so we will be able to use it on the farm and for getting the machinery to town for servicing. It is sure to become very useful in the long term and we will also be able to bring back bulk buys of trees in it also. All of a sudden our machinery needs seem to have risen expedientially. No doubt in time we will learn how to maximise the use of all of them.
Tom is in the processes of turning a wok scoop into some form of booster for the wifi for the computers - he learnt about the idea from Richard Davies from the Sunshine Coast - many thanks Richard!!!
Tonight is Grand Design night so we will be watching that and then finding the bed early! We have decided that if we are to survive all of this exercise then we should get fitter and healthier than we are at present - so now we are having fresh fruit and vegetable juices and I and endeavouring to make our meals healthier too. Time will tell if we continue with the health kick but all efforts are to the common good.......... I hope!!!
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