81 bar falls 30.07 0mph WSW dew-point 60 Summer
Waning Gibbous Thunder Moon
The stump grinder applies brute force to the problem. It has carbide tip blades on a rotary cutter that looks like a saw with few, but deep set teeth. The first time required something of a learning curve, but not too much. What it required more was strength. The weight in it sits low to the ground and the tires were soft, so yanking it around the property had aerobic and resistance qualities.
The two yew stumps out front disappeared, though the mugo pine stump remains. It had too much that required cutting with a chain saw, something to do before the next rental. Four smaller stumps in the back went under the blade. The major work though required putting the blade deep in the earth in the area where the fire pit will go. This was to eliminate a number of roots encountered on the first round of digging on it last fall.
Kate made a nice lunch of encrusted sole with beans from our garden and a salad that contained some items from the garden. The heirloom tomatoes have begun to change color, perhaps next week we’ll have our first. These fruits are as big as my fist.
Now, a nap.
