Halfway through the brush cutting weekend. (Pictures later.) DH mowed the north pasture and my eldest DD took to the brush hog that we rented like a duck to water. Youngest DD was a trooper, too. She complimented me for pulling us all inside for breaks in the AC, as it hit nearly 90 degrees F, and not much of a breeze. I am glad that I rented this machine. It was somewhat disappointing because I thought it was going to rip through the burdock. Instead, it took several passes and I am/will have to hit them again with my push mower. However, my push mower just can't knock them down, so it's ok. We "hogged" down about 2 1/2 of the 4 acres today, and we'll get the rest tomorrow. Good deal on the rental. The place I rented from isn't open on Sundays, so I paid for one day and I get two.
Happy to say that it did a fine job in back of the barn where the open areas were a Forest of weeds.
The rain finally quit last week. Our soil is hard and cracked, even though it rained practically every day in June, here!
I'll have to wait to treat under the fences until I'm done with the rental unit.
Tomorrow we hit the south pasture, where we have about 40 pine trees, ~ 25-30 ft. tall, that the previous owners planted in the 1990's.
The horses had some good shade there where we trapped them for the day. They are out now nosing through what we chopped down, and AS USUAL they wait to eat them until After we mow.
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The rain is going north of us tonight.
I'll be sure to pull my camera out tomorrow, and I'll give you a few after (north pasture), and before&after (south pasture.
Does anybody own a really good machine for this job? Don't know if maybe the blades aren't that sharp--it is, after all, a rental--or if these brush cutting machines aren't all that they are advertised to be. I'd be interested in your opinions. Thanks!!!
