Zero Turn and the Bushhog put to use

[BrokenolMarine]

Over the last week, we got to put the Spartan Zero Turn and the Kubota and the Bush Hog to use. We finally got some dry weather for a couple days in a row, then rain, then a couple more days of dry weather. Miss Tina mowed the yards and paddock with the zero turn, then worked parts of the pasture, and left some of the flat areas for me. I enjoy the bush hogging, but she says I am not as nimble as I used to be, and doesn't want me on the slopes and in the wooded areas in case the tractor should start to roll.

Since we no longer have large livestock to feed hay, we'll clip the fields a couple times a year. The North Pasture looks pretty good, although not groomed like it did a couple years ago. The weather has been very wet this year so there are tracks in the grass from the cut. This is the view of the North Pasture looking down from the North Fence line.

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The Mid pasture looks pretty good as well... I cut this area, as well as parts of the North pasture... This is a view of the Mid Pasture area looking North from the back of the range berm. This used to be between the range berm and the dam. The pond is gone now. Filled in and planted with winter rye. (We aren't mowing that area, the deer love the winter rye.) That rough area on the left used to be the pond bank. This summer we'll do some more fill and leveling, then plant a final grass and start to mow that area once it fills in.

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You know you have been on the farm too long when you go on about enjoying riding the tractor...
Or you just talk about your tractor(s) in the barber shop.
Wait, if you are all talking about your tractors in the barber shop, you know you aren't in the big city.

[BrokenolMarine]

In the pic of the Mid Pasture, the gap in the trees at the upper right leads to the North Pasture.

[DsGrouse]

Ophf looks great. But now you are reminding me i need to finish mowing my fields.

Ugh.. well at least the 90 finish mower deck is hooked up

[Ernie]

Reading your post I realized mowing my couple acres isn't so bad. I had thought it would be good to own more land but I want to do more with my "not winter" than mow.

[Sir Henry]

I mow about five acres of lawn. My neighbor hays my fields and I get a check for $250. The real money is in real estate tax savings. Farm land is barely taxed while recreation property has high taxes.

Speaking of my neighbor he has $2,000,000 in tractors and lives in a a $150,000 house.

[BrokenolMarine]

That's the thing you see here. The big farmer's will have a thousand acres, two thousand acres... Horses, cows, a million dollars in farm equipment, and the house is either a small frame house around 1500 square feet, or a double wide. These midwest farmers put their money where it counts.

On the flip side, you'll see a small house or single wide trailer on a quarter acre lot with a big fast bass boat, a jon boat for small water, a polaris razor, and pair of jet skis parked in the yard. I'm guessing between work and recreation, they don't spend much time at home.

[Sir Henry]

That's the thing you see here. The big farmer's will have a thousand acres, two thousand acres... Horses, cows, a million dollars in farm equipment, and the house is either a small frame house around 1500 square feet, or a double wide. These midwest farmers put their money where it counts.

On the flip side, you'll see a small house or single wide trailer on a quarter acre lot with a big fast bass boat, a jon boat for small water, a polaris razor, and pair of jet skis parked in the yard. I'm guessing between work and recreation, they don't spend much time at home.

I’m remodeling my home because spend most of my time there. I most likely won’t buy a time share here in Florida because it would only be for a week or two. And I need a bigger tractor.