Getting some mushroom hay mowing done along East Penn’s Wilmington freight line. This is one of my fave places to mow because it’s high yield and really interesting with the freight rail traffic and nice scenery. The people who own this property have an amazing family legacy.
Their father invented the tracer bullet in the early 1900’s. The laboratory and rifle range is still on the property. He also started a Wilmington Bank and owned an aviation company.
A view in the other direction. You can still see some of the trees destroyed last August, many of which I cleaned up last summer/fall/winter even into this spring.
Then there’s our many dead ash trees, including this one. This one keeps dropping branches in the grass, fouling up my mower. You can see the Pottinger 302 in the (very dirty) side mirror. Also, you see the dead trees beyond the East Penn RR tracks. They are also victims of the wind storm. Most having their tree tops ripped off in the 100+ MPH winds.
This property has 4 fields and you have to travel over some mowed areas and between tree lines to get from one to the other. I think they own 128 acres. Probably worth 20 million or more, but it will never be sold out of their family.
Here’s a few deer getting ready to bolt as I pass through one of the bale storage areas. The groundskeeper here and I have become friends. He keeps this “pad” mowed so I can store 80-100 bales there. You can see some bare spots from last year’s bales.
