The warmth is officially here and we’ve had a great albeit dry stretch of weather lately to finish out the Spring and usher in Summer. Rain in the forecast as I type this, anyway. Today marks an obscure personal milestone: meeting a new neighbor younger than me. They moved into the only other house near us recently and we hadn’t met them yet. We crossed paths by chance and I got a great first impression. But that just capped off a day of polishing up the rough edges around the homestead.
After some weeks of hemming and hawing about brush mowers and walk-behind string trimmers I finally pulled the trigger on a DR model. Remember those late night ads? Marketing works, kids! That said, I had forgotten about the ads until someone mentioned it.
So this trimmer is a revelation with what is essentially weed-whacking on steroids. The typical gas-powered handheld numbers are all I’ve used. With the DR, being able to manhandle 40lb of spinning fury on top of a Briggs and Stratton between two big wheels was really fun…and a sweaty workout. It has instantly replaced both my regular trimmer and push lawnmower and is less work than both, to boot.
I have started the huge task of clearing the invasive strip of tall grasses, weeds, trees, and shrubbery that are invading my field. Over the course of the Summer, I’ll be clearing as much as I can. It will all culminate with a huge bonfire this Fall. That’s the plan, anyway!
Onward!
