Hiring Out What Ken Did

Ken did things here that I never did.  Well, I never did them here.  When we met in 1990, I had a house in St Paul and I mowed my small level lawn with a push reel mower.  I used to joke it took anywhere from a half an hour to three hours – depending on how many of the neighbors stopped to chat.

But here Ken mowed.  First with a sickle mower attached to his BCS tiller.  And later with a large attachment on his Massey Ferguson tractor.  And he had a large walk behind brush mower.  All these are larger than I am comfortable using without practice!

So I hired a neighbor who has a service for mowing, plowing, etc.  I asked for a basic cut to keep the brush from growing up – no weed whip, no golf course.  He did a great job.  But it was hard, and I will figure out how I want to do it – what machines here – if any – will work for me or if I have to buy something.  It takes time.