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5+ acres of grass to mow
- Sir Henry
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5+ acres of grass to mow
People here in Wisconsin sure have large lawns. Mine is 5 acres and that’s not counting what I mow alongside the county road or part of the hayfield they can’t harvest. It took me ten hours to mow yesterday and that doesn’t include the trimming which I will do today.
Paradise is nice but it sure needs a lot of attention. Add to the fact I’m grading a turn around at the top of the driveway and building a berm and I don’t have time to shoot.
I have a wonderful view from my home and the home can be seen from the road. This is a 3X telephoto view. My entire summer is working on this place and I have a farmers tan to prove it.
Paradise is nice but it sure needs a lot of attention. Add to the fact I’m grading a turn around at the top of the driveway and building a berm and I don’t have time to shoot.
I have a wonderful view from my home and the home can be seen from the road. This is a 3X telephoto view. My entire summer is working on this place and I have a farmers tan to prove it.
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
Looking good Gene. Remember, right now you’re in the development stage, soon you will be in the maintenance stage. Personally I enjoy mowing mostly because when you done it looks so nice. However come 2-3 weeks and you say, where did all the beauty go.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
That's a lot of mowing for sure. You might want to consider turning some of it into a conservation easement and let it grow back and/or convert it to native prairie. That would get you more wildlife to view and less work. Check with the DNR to see what is available.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
Less work = more shooting.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
You bought a tractor didn't you? In Virginia, Miss Tina bought a finish mower to pull behind the tractor, and it cut a five foot swipe on each pass, and left the yard looking very nice when it was done. Had three blades and you could cut at a bit higher speed than a riding mower as well. You can get get them with wider cuts to reduce the passes you make and your mowing time.
You can still use the rider right around the house or landscaping, but the open areas... Boom. What a timesaver, and it's a finish mower, not a bushhog, so the results look great.
You can still use the rider right around the house or landscaping, but the open areas... Boom. What a timesaver, and it's a finish mower, not a bushhog, so the results look great.
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- Sir Henry
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
In the long term I’ll have the time. Last year some of the property wasn’t mowed and in just one year the brush started to take over. It would end up to be more work than mowing.North Country Gal wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:24 amThat's a lot of mowing for sure. You might want to consider turning some of it into a conservation easement and let it grow back and/or convert it to native prairie. That would get you more wildlife to view and less work. Check with the DNR to see what is available.
The hay fields around me only gets one harvest as it has ground swallows nesting in it. They won’t hay it till they fly away. I will continue to make my place a bird habitat. Some of the plants feed birds all winter and right now song birds and hummingbirds are feeding on the flowers. I also see lots of butterflies and bumblebees.
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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- Sir Henry
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
The Nelsons started to harvest the hay a few hours ago. They have four tractors going. Two to cut and two to pickup the hay. They will haul it back to the farm and bail it there.
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
So they won’t cut that field again this summer? We cut, rake and bale in the field. Do you know why they don’t bale in the field?
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- Sir Henry
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
I’m not sure but was told it was to save fuel.
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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Re: 5+ acres of grass to mow
Is it possible that the wagon in the picture is for the collection of silage? A local farmer here does that for cattle feed. The unit with the hopper in front of the wagon chops up the hay.
A side note, before moving to the place I’m in now this farmer would sometimes bale at night due to heat causing a lack of moisture in the hay. He had a big field right across the road from my place and I loved the sound of his baler running at night. Thrump, thrump, thrump. Just a quiet constant noise in the distance, very relaxing.
A side note, before moving to the place I’m in now this farmer would sometimes bale at night due to heat causing a lack of moisture in the hay. He had a big field right across the road from my place and I loved the sound of his baler running at night. Thrump, thrump, thrump. Just a quiet constant noise in the distance, very relaxing.
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