07-02-2016, 06:19 AM
Morning all! It's a beautiful 55 degrees outside and I've got a full day of chores before my sister and her family get here. I've got to clean out the chicken coop and give 'em new straw, mow three acres of grass, help clean house and a multitude of other things. On Friday, I got a new toy... a John Deere lawn sweeper to tow behind my lawn tractor. It makes picking up the clippings SOOOOOOOOOO much easier. I usually believe in leaving the cuttings behind, but up here, if you wait too long between cuttings, you get so much that it covers the grass and then that grass dies underneath. Sooo, where it gets too much, I clean it up and give it to the chickens!