Next stop, Plantation Station

The trees along the sides of the pasture have slowly been creeping in over the years. They need to be cut back to keep the pasture open.

This is crazy! No snow in New Hampshire in mid-December?!?!

Mid-December and still no snow and not a good, hard, killing frost yet. I have actually had to mow this new patch of lawn I seeded a few months ago. I should be shoveling snow, not mowing grass!

The new grass is coming in nicely behind the final incarnation of my retaining wall.

Prepping the pasture for fall maintenance. Step three - use an old piece of chain link fence dragged behind the tractor to break up and spread the manure. A thing of beauty! Not pictured are step four - generously lime the pasture (done), and step five - spread seed in the spring (to do).

Prepping the pasture for fall maintenance. Step two - spread the available mule poo to fertilize the ground.

Prepping the pasture for fall maintenance. Step one - mow the weeds down.