The 3.28 acres is ALL lawn at the new place. Currently mowing with a non-zero turn x324 JD mower which is an arm workout! It also has a 48” deck rather than a 60” & we just putt putt along to get it done. You have to keep your foot on the ‘forward’ pedal the whole time which is tiresome ... if you take your foot off, it stops. This mower has 4-wheel turn so it does get around in some tight places near the patio - I will have to use it for trimming. It also can pull a cart & I did get a cart up there last trip.
Mowed the 10 ‘flatland’ acres the last 2 days with Clyde the Glide, zero-turn extraordinaire and it was great to be on that mower. It has a 60” deck & unfortunately, my utility trailer is 5’ so I cannot get Clyde on it; otherwise, I would trailer Clyde between the two places. It takes me 2.5 hours to cut the back part of the new property up to the house on the x324 ... if I had Clyde, I’m guessing an hour to an hour & a half. Sigh. Clyde will probably make the trip on my brother’s trailer after mowing season ends this fall. By then, I should have mom living in the new house full time so the bro will be saddled with keeping the old place mowed down to a decent level until the place is sold since I won’t be coming back very often.
We had severe T-storms come through our area Monday night. The wind was gusting 60-70 mph & we got an inch of rain in 20-30 minutes. Lots of trees damage, culverts washed out, etc.
I looked out the back door to check the rain gauge & our very old apple tree in the back yard was down & a cedar tree next to the garage had major limbs down- it was a mess!
Dad has 2 electric pole saws - neither had chains on. I don't think either saw had ever been cleaned - packed with sawdust. After swamping for the AT sawyers for 20 years, I know a few things (did have to watch a video on how to untangle a chain) so I got a saw cleaned up, chain on, found bar & chain oil, & I was in business ... Paul(ette) Bunyan!
All the cedar limbs were first, then started on the apple tree. Virtually all the small limbs are off so my brother can bring the tractor & chainsaw next week to get the main trunk cut up & hauled away. Mom came out mid-afternoon & started hauling what I was cutting - she got everything hauled away (pretty good for a 90 yo).
Pictures don't show the true scale of things, but here are some before & afters:
