This is also my version of a gym membership.
My husband and I have been working around the farm lately cutting back trees and brush piles. We are trying to make our mowing around the trees easier. Plus, many of the brush piles contain tomato cages which I can use in the garden. Last night I was working in the brush pile in the picture above when I probably counted over a hundred cages in just that one pile alone. There are a lot of cages on our farm. Everywhere.
I'm not complaining. Just sayin'.
I've been looking at getting a dump cart to go on the back of our lawn tractor to help us pull some of the big branches and stumps around the farm. One of these days I'd love to get a gator, but for now our lawn tractor is pulling double duty and it works just fine.
For Mother's day I asked for a chipper/shedder. What? Doesn't every Mother want a chipper for her special day.
No?
Well, I guess I'm just weird. Or practical. No matter. We plan on chipping up our burn pile and using all that mulch around the farm. I love me some free mulch. Plus, our burn pile is so big that I'm sure you would see it from the moon if we lit that sucker on fire.
I've also been researching a lot about our apple trees. And oh yes, do we have apples growing. Thousands upon thousands of them. I'm in need of thinning the fruit on the trees….by hand, the article says. 63 trees, people. I'll be doing this until, umm…like forever.
It's overwhelming at the moment. The vast amount of work that needs to be done. But the only thing I keep thinking about is this. For about 10 or more years our farm has been so neglected. So really, anything…and I do mean anything….is an upward motion. It's better than nothing. Our apple trees, no matter how much I flub them up, are better off than doing nothing at all.
Well, I'm off to work. Brush piles, mowing and apple trees are calling my name. More like screaming….but I can tune out a lot of stuff being a Mom.
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