Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Moving Dirt

We got a couple of free dump truck loads of dirt today. The county is digging ditches and needs to get rid of the dirt. It certainly isn't topsoil grade, but I can use it to fill in low spots. I'll get rid of the sticks, rocks, and trash in it later.
Unfortunately, they dumped it several yards from where I wanted it. It is going to take me a full day just to move it to where I want it.

Once I get it where I want it, I just need to spread it.


My tractor is small. The bucket holds 5.3 cubic feet. A bigger machine would come in handy for this job, but it would be harder on the lawn when mowing.
I'll be working on this for a while.






Letting the tractor do the work.


Friday, July 10, 2009

Cherries

Well, the cherries are ripe. We have several Cherry trees on our property. I don't know what kind they are. There are several varieties that grow in this area. There are Bing cherries, Pin cherries, and a couple of others that I can't recall the names of.
There are thousands of them on my trees, but I can't reach many of them. Most of the ones that are reachable from the ground have been eaten by deer and turkeys, and who knows what all. Do coyoties eat cherries?

I've eaten these and they are very good. I imagine that they would be very good in a pie.

MMMMMMMMmmmmmm.