One of the first things we had to do when we gained access was to mow again. This would only be our 3rd time all year to mow, so the grass was tall.
Wade and I had been discussing all year what kind of mower we wanted. He was set on getting a ZTR like our neighbor in addition to a Polaris Ranger. I wanted a tractor for the many uses besides mowing. The tractor won out…and we have used it almost daily.
Our first time mowing.
We also had some major cleaning up to do. Back in May when it flooded, we think there was a small tornado/micro-burst that broke the tops off of the trees. We lost 3 trees and several tops of big trees. In fact, we still have some dead branches that need to come down. There were also trees that have been dead for some time that very easily were knocked over by the tractor. (See the scary Halloween tree? I wish we could have save it just for one year to decorate it…)
Between a chainsaw and the tractor, we were able to make 5 very large burn piles.
It took almost 2 weeks, but we finally feel like we have a handle on the land.
