The next door neighbor (2 pastures over, house mostly out of sight) & his 2nd grade daughter stopped by to introduce themselves when they saw me weed eating the ditch along the road last evening. Nice folks, glad to finally meet someone.
The neighbor told me the former owner cut the bank, going up & down, with a large zero turn mower. I am trying to get my nerve up to mow down - don’t think the small mower has enough umph to mow up. That bank will be the bane of my existence if I can’t mow & have to use a weedeater.
5:50 this a.m.: peck .. peck .. peck .. but on metal, rather than wood. The ‘bad bird’ turned out to be a male bluebird. Since I know it’s not a woodpecker & it’s not pecking wood, the only thing that I am peeved about is the 5:50 a.m.wake up pecking!
I did get to watch 3 deer browsing on the other side of the fence while I was drinking my coffee this morning. They were in the yard yesterday afternoon. I suspect they are keeping an eye on the grape arbor - walked right under it yesterday.
Today is major limb trim/removal day.The pines are first, but there are 2 large dead limbs on one of the chestnut trees. My tree guy suggested he could come back in the fall (after we recover from the financial shock of taking 5 trees down) & do some trimming - the one large chestnut branch might be a stretch, but most of the rest I should be able to do. For sure, anything trying to decapitate me while mowing is a goner.
I’m glad you got to meet your neighbor. Do be careful with your mowing! My husband goes sideways on one of our slopes with a push mower. It’s not very big or long, but he doesn’t want to use a riding mower on that. It’s enough to use the push type.