With a lot of projects to do, and many different things going on, it’s a juggling act around here at times. The weather has not been helpful in the lawn mowing front this year. Lots of rain, then nice hot days followed by more rounds of the same. Trips to the farm usually involve mowing. Most of the time I hook the trailmower up to the tractor and can make 7′ wide passes. But, some pulley wheel snapped off the engagement arm about a month ago. I have not even looked inside it enough to see if it was a bolt on piece or something that would require more fixing. Even without it, the job is not too bad. You have to mow, every 5 days or or so or you start to loose track of things like buildings.

I was getting ready to head out the door when I saw the boy. He sure looked like he needed something to do. I told him he’s going to the farm and has a paying job waiting for him. Bribes usually work well. I showed Mason the tractor controls again. We tried this in the Spring and he wasn’t too sure of it. I took the tractor out first and cut the outside lines, and trimmed near things like power boxes, barns, baby trees, and gardens. I gave him a section, told him to keep going around an keep the grass blowing to the outside. And he did it, with a smile on his face too!

This was amazing. Nearly the whole place got mowed, and I had time to get work done. Not just prep work, but enough time to make something visual happen and cross something off the list. We need to do this more often.

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