A man and his mower

Last weekend MT set to with his new lawnmower bought in the sale. It's not quite the ride on mower he dreams about but with a lawn that's refusing to grow and thistles growing on most of the land we figured it was too soon to be investing the amount of $s it would be at this stage. I think he's more inclined to get a quad bike and trailer instead so we can go off roading in the forestry!

Still, what little grass we have in the lawn felt so much better after it had the snip. Glowing in the success of that he thought a little trim elsewhere was in order. Complete with Bassets in tow he set off to mow his pasture. Fortnum and Mason were not too sure about the red, noisy moving thing (all the things that send them scuttling) but they braved it to get a bit closer to the action.

As for MT, he got a good garden workout pushing the mower through the long grass up and down the hill. Good job that the mower is designed for tough stuff as it needs to be.

Although it's only a small dent in the land it does make it much nicer to take the dogs down the garden for a potter. I'm not sure that the bassets agree as they like nothing better than running through the long grass.

This weekend we've got to get the strimmer and bush cutter in action to clear the area where the chicken pen is being built next week.