Today’s Run: 3.00 miles
The man who owns the property behind is is bush hogging it today!!! I cannot tell you how happy that makes me!
The people who own this lot are super, super nice people. They go to the same church as we do. We enjoy their company. I just wish they would mow this field more than once a year.
This year has been a bumper crop year for tall grass. On average this mowing season, I have been cutting our grass every 2-3 days due to the fact that it has been a wetter year than usual. And hot, of course.
By law, this person is required to bush hog this field once every year and it must be done by October 31. There have been two years that on October 31st, he has been out there cutting down the weeds.
These weeds are eclectic in that no two are the same. There are a variety of weeds. Invasive vines, a LOT of Goldenrod~so if you are prone to allergies (which we are not, thank goodness), you would not want to live at my house.
There are the tall “plumy” weeds. These are actually very pretty and graceful. The stems are about 2″ in diameter and this year they are 8′-10′ tall. Serious weeds!!!
The field is always so much fun after it has been mowed. The deer come and play there with their babies. They do not come there when the grass is tall. I wonder why?
I saw a bunny running away from the tractor. I was cheering the bunny! Go! Bunny! Go!!
Paxton was the most fun of all to watch because he was busy watching the tractor do its job. Back and forth went the tractor and back and forth went Paxton’s head. Silly dog!
Our field will look nice for about two weeks then the new growth will become noticeable again. In the meantime, I will continue to mow a couple of feet into the field as I mow our yard. With each pass, I make the amount of mowing I do larger and larger. With the tall grass we have too many snakes and it does tend to get a little claustrophobic.
So, YAY! The field is mowed!!! It looks nice. We will have to watch for deer this evening as the sun sets. That will be nice!