planted about two dozen azaleas, rhododendrons, and other small shrubs; my helper brought twice as many as I thought he was going to, and his brand new never been started one man power auger was put to the test. And seriously failed, totally incapable of going through tree roots, and we were planting out the lane, all next to large trees.
So...back to the barn we went, off goes the ballast box, on goes the big Land Pride auger I have and slowly but surely we got all the holes drilled. Nothing like that nice crunchy sound when the root finally gives up and is ripped apart. Needless to say, with roots I run the tractor just over idle. That way I can hear it start to labor a little and know the bit is biting. And I would much rather stall the tractor then break something, though I've never stopped the bit once since I've owned the phd.
Once that was all done, we were supposed to head to the River and fix a friend's dock, but I was too tired. Plus it started raining ten minutes later so glad we didn't try.
Next Spring the entire driveway will be lined with blooming azaleas and rhodies, so it should be pretty. I still have another dozen bushes to plant, he had a trailer almost filled with closeout deals he works with the local Lowes. They know him, and cut him good deals to take the end of lots. But he has to buy them all, and for less than half price, he does. And other than a little browning due to Lowes inconsistent watering, the plants looked fine.
Started my day off by spraying the fruit trees, again, second time in three weeks, bugs and blight. Overall most of the trees are doing well, except the last three cherry trees; not sure any will survive. Have had bad luck buying trees from TSC. They just don't survive for some reason and I plant and water carefully.
Don, ouch, sorry, glad it didn't hit a house. Hopefully nothing dented underneath...?
btw, my blackberry bushes are now blooming nicely.
than play the rest of the day buy ear.
