NEW ACQUISITIONS
We went mad and in the last three months have bought a beautiful new mulching mower which cuts the paddocks and leaves them looking lovely and ready to regrow. Also we bought (and have yet to work out how to use) a herbicide rotowiper to enable us to cope with Giant Parramatta Grass, tussocks and Fireweed.
FOAM MARKER
We needed to know where the tractor had been when spraying herbicides . This would avoid missing areas or wasting chemicals by double spraying. This meant a foam marker. They are expensive. So we took a long time to make our own out of 'found materials'. Final adjustments were required before we had a splodge of foam and not long fluoro pink sausages.
NEW CRUSH
We bought a new crush which had to be used by the vet for a calving problem before being fully installed! Luckily the forks on the tractor were able to hold down the frame while the cow was in the head lock.
Even though we had a dry winter/spring we were able to have contractors bale and wrap round bales.
We hope to have more to cut in February.
