pennwalk
Veteran Member
65F It was raining when I woke up but now I think it is just dripping off the trees. It was getting dry here. My wife pulled the hose out to the vegetable garden and hooked up the sprinkler. I doubt if this was enough rain to wet the ground down much. Our raspberries and blueberries are looking good. I need to rig the bird net over the blueberries. I stopped by the neighborhood farm stand the other day to see if strawberries were ripe. The lady said they had been hit hard by cold spring and a late frost. All she could say was soon. I fear that the early berries that we love got zapped.
I found a mower to replace my ragged old John Deere 425. It's a Simplicity Contender XT. What do you think XT stands for? Anyway its a mid sized Zero turn (25hp/52inch). Only had 89 hours on it. I felt lucky to find it as equipment of all kinds is scarce. Now we will see if this old dog can learn new tricks. I used it to mow at the farm yesterday. I didn't mow over any flower beds or knock down any fences so that has to count as a win. Controlling it to trim along the edge is hard but out in the open that thing is a rocket. I have to learn where the edge of the deck is and also where the rollbar is. I can't duck under branches like I used to do. It doesn't have a bagger yet. I didn't see any grass clipping laying on top. I got the yard done in 3 hours and got back to the barn just before a rain shower. I'll miss the old JD. I liked that machine.
Memorial day here was really nice and quiet. I felt bad about disturbing the peace to blow off the patio. A good day for reflection and remembrance.
Is PJ gone?
Loving Spring
Chris
I found a mower to replace my ragged old John Deere 425. It's a Simplicity Contender XT. What do you think XT stands for? Anyway its a mid sized Zero turn (25hp/52inch). Only had 89 hours on it. I felt lucky to find it as equipment of all kinds is scarce. Now we will see if this old dog can learn new tricks. I used it to mow at the farm yesterday. I didn't mow over any flower beds or knock down any fences so that has to count as a win. Controlling it to trim along the edge is hard but out in the open that thing is a rocket. I have to learn where the edge of the deck is and also where the rollbar is. I can't duck under branches like I used to do. It doesn't have a bagger yet. I didn't see any grass clipping laying on top. I got the yard done in 3 hours and got back to the barn just before a rain shower. I'll miss the old JD. I liked that machine.
Memorial day here was really nice and quiet. I felt bad about disturbing the peace to blow off the patio. A good day for reflection and remembrance.
Is PJ gone?
Loving Spring
Chris
