Yard Work

This past weekend we did a lot of yard work. We decided to rent a tractor with a tiller so we could plant grass. We were going to try and use a hand tiller but that didn't go so well. Randy walked by the tiller in the garage and sliced his leg open about an 1 inch deep and 5 inches long. He had to get 10 stiches. He got lucky too because he was about an 1/2 inch from hitting the nerve that operates his foot. That's when I said we are renting a tractor. The best time to lay grass seed is early fall and late spring. We worked from sun up to sun down all weekend. Randy started Friday night on the tiller. We got up at 7 am on Saturday and started again. I painted the front porch which took about 6 hrs. After that my mom and I walked about 1 acre of grass seed. Yes you read that right, we walked the grass seed. It wasn't to bad just time consuming. Randy finally got finished tilling at 4:30 pm on Saturday. After we tilled we drug and rolled the dirt. Then on Sunday we planted the rest of the grass seed. I think it took about 5 hrs of walking to spread the seed. We were so tired. Then I checked the forecast to see when it was going to rain so our grass could grow. Our luck isn't in our favor, no rain for 12 days. There is now way to water 3 acres of land. On Monday morning Randy rented a straw shredder and we strawed most of the 3 acres so the birds wouldn't eat the seed and if we get lucky this will help our grass grow. I think we had to buy around 120 bails of straw. Last week we bought our own tractor. We were both very excited about our new toy. We wanted to wait until the spring to buy a tractor but we came across a good deal on this tractor that we couldn't pass up. Ethan loves riding we daddy on the tractor too.

Here are some before and after pics of us tilling

The Straw Shredder

Our new Tractor

My lovely paint job of the front porch