We also cut down a couple of the bushes in the back yard.Mother had trouble pushing her walker on the grass. Luckily a willing helper was standing by:
On the pavement, she returned the favor by giving free rides!
David stopped over to visit. I always love talking to him--he's the proverbial neighbor across the back fence who knows all the goings-on, and I learn something every time I see him. He shot another groundhog, this time near the outhouse, but neither he nor his dad has gotten a deer yet. Speaking of groundhogs, a couple months ago Keith and I put a hose from the truck exhaust down the holes in the tractor shed, then shoveled dirt into them, and none of them have been re-opened. We did the same thing with the holes outside the garage, but they have been re-dug, so apparently it didn't work there.I asked David--he knows the property better than we do-- if there's an easy path down to the river because I'd like to be able to go boating. He said he knows several ways to get down there, and I think I talked him into giving a guided tour. So Fabian, Gretchen, Stephanie, and anyone else who might like a look, get out your hiking boots and let's set a date!
The problem with taking boats to the river is that you have to lug them down a steep ravine (or build a shed down there to store them) and then cross an active double railroad track--it seems a little risky. But David told me about a public access dock with parking that is just about a mile away. This is even better than trying to launch from the back of our land, because now we don't have to build a shed down there and carry the boats across the tracks. We can throw them onto the truck and back right up to the water. We have two sculls and an Old Towne Canoe, but we'd love to get a used kayak or two for friends to use when they visit, because they're more portable and easier to use. Soon I'm going to put a list of used stuff we're looking for on the side of the blog. Please let us know if you if you ever see any of it available!
We're starting to assess the state of our equipment and figure out what we need. Over the years, we've accumulated most of the small stuff for our place in Boyertown, like a weed eater, leaf blower, hand mower, chain saw, hedge trimmer, snow blower, big and small rototillers, and a thing that looks like a weed eater but has a circular saw blade on the end for clearing brush:
We can't get the two John Deere riding mowers to run, so they went off to Passmore for servicing, and then we'll sell them.
They're not that useful at the farm because you have to make lots of 3-point turns around all the obstacles, so we'll just use our zero-turn mower. Although from the looks of it, there will be lots of competition for that job--we might not have to do any mowing ourselves!
Keith and Aaron tried to get this old Briggs and Stratton walk-behind weed eater working, but it needs more help than they have time to devote right now. It's at Passmore too.
We haven't worked on our old rototiller yet, so we don't know if we'll be able to use it:
We can't start the 1940's Farmall, but last summer Keith was able to crank-start it, so we know we can make it work. Since it's not worth anything to sell, we might as well fix it up and use it. I don't think the picture shows how cool it is, but it'll be great for pulling a hay wagon.
The 1950's Harvester International should run, it just doesn't. Keith and Aaron can't get it going, so Erb and Henry will take it to their shop and work on it. Again, this tractor's not worth anything to sell, but it does have a 3-point hitch and could operate any implements we will be using, so it will be our main tractor.
There's one more piece of equipment I'll write about tomorrow. It's a surprise, and guess what? It doesn't involve cleaning off years of dirt or spending untold hours trying to coax it to start!
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