you couldn't even see this small bale of hay as the elderberry plants and weeds were so high around it.
Saturday 9/6/08 We went to an auction this morning and early afternoon, Lois bought a small electric scooter that we hope to be able to use on the farm. Lois also bought an old porch swing that we are going to hang down by the pond by the barn. We also bought a telescope to keep at the farm.
Once we got back to the farm I mowed for another 3-4 hrs. I mowed down by the south pond. It is a good thing I like trees as I also like being on the tractor mowing and I would be mowing down the entire property. See the picture below, this was an area that was full of raspberry briars and little elm trees. You couldn’t walk through it before, it sure makes it look nicer mowed.
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Sun 9/7/08 We went early so I could do more mowing, cleared some areas out that had lots of briars and wild roses on them. These need to be cut often; hopefully we will be able to spray them with brush killer now that we have them mowed. Once we get them killed I hope to plant Lespedeza plants in that area. These are good for deer and Quail. I also mowed in the area where we want to build the house so we could see it better.
Before we left I downloaded the pictures from the game cameras, found out the one camera by the deer feeder isn’t working correctly. I will work on it on the next trip as I didn’t have the instruction book with me. For some reason the deer aren’t coming to the deer feeder like they should be. There was a lot of corn laying on the ground, it may be that the corn in the fields are ready for picking and they are eating it or could be something else. The sooner the camera is working the better.
Lois my wife has done a great job of cleaning up the barn; I have included some picture for you to see what it looks like. I wish we had taken more pictures before she started cleaning, because it is quite a difference.