Mahindra 4540 4WD

I used the backhoe to take away some of the small incline on the westside of the garage, after I had it close to what I wanted then I used the FEL.

Close to the garage I dumped the dirt from the FEL and used a rake and shovel.

 

I changed the direction of the drain for the gutter, the water should run across the driveway into the woods instead of at the new garage and to the left.

I hand dug everything and then got some sand with the 4540 to fill the trench halfway up where the drain was.

We also put some wood with the 4540 just so we can have a fire tonight if we want.

 

Seems I've missed this thread the whole time??

I am surely a slacker.


Looks like I've some reading to do.

 

Once I got everything going with kindling & fire starters I would bring the branches near the fireplace with the 4540 and toss them on by hand.

The first picture is what I started with.

 

I haven't been using the 4540 much because of the work going on inside the new garage, just been moving it in and out. I do have some stump removal work coming up but that won't be this week.

I wish we would get more rain so I could burn more pine branches but it doesn't look like we'll get enough this week.

 

That's so true.

 

With the possibility of high winds coming in this afternoon, anything wood related was pulled out of the woods.

I also put the snowplow and the loader bucket in the garage with the forks just outside the garage on 4 x 4's.

All the years living here, we've only had two close calls with a tree top missing one splitter and another tree top snapping off going over the new flag pole.

 

With the cold front moving in after 1 p.m. this afternoon, I pulled all the wood related equipment out of the woods to what I think are safer zones and then put all the tractor attachments in the new garage.

Since it's supposed to be heavy rains, we put in another load of shoulder season wood in, the tarp on the stack we're drawing from is an older one so some areas get damp.

 

I didn't do anything with the 4540 but I did go to my old hometown to remove some flowers from my grandparent's grave and then stopped at a family members house for a gab session.

It's suppose to be a wet couple of days so maybe we'll get rid of more pine branches this week.

 

The rain was coming down pretty good (we recorded an inch of rain today) so I put the rain gear on and put the forks on the 4540 so I could move some pine branches to the fireplace, about four different piles of branches are ashes along with some junk wood.

I didn't take the camera because it was raining pretty hard.

 

We got a decent rain yesterday as well. Kind of good timing as I got about 90% of the new gutters up on our porch. A good test.

Hope you are taking it easy on the heal.

 

That sure was good timing.

It seems like it's getting better but at a very slow pace. If 100 percent is the best, it's only at 45 percent with the work tables & storage areas in the garage on the cement getting started real soon. I want most of it done by the end of October.

We'll see how it feels working on the cement, I'll only work X amount of hours per day on the cement so it doesn't bother it that much. The hammy feels fine so that is good.

I weighed myself this morning and the scale read 211 (target weight) then I got thinking that we hadn't change the batteries in a while so I changed them (it read just under 213) so Saturday is the last day for watch what you eat stretch. It's almost time for the sausage,bell peppers,onions in a red sauce with rolls.

 

This is next to the area I took dirt from for grading around the garage with the backhoe, I'm not sure if anything is using it but I might put up a trail cam in this area.

What do you think it could be by the size of the hole, yote or fox?

 

Where's ''the big oak" ?

 

That's not me, we have the 4540 and we also have nothing for oak on our property except for the ones I planted 3 or 4 years ago.

 

We bought a three point sander for the tractor in the winter since we had a bunch of ice every month, worked out great.

 

Cabbage soup?
Seen any leeks yet?

 

Not cabbage soup, I'll find the recipe because I'm not sure what it's called but it was good over pasta. I've seen them but haven't picked any this year, I didn't take any pics.

 

We saw this on a cooking show we saw this winter, we've had it twice.

Ingredients
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil

3 to 4 chopped cloves of garlic

1/2 pound Fortuna’s sweet or hot Italian Sausage - casing removed

1/4 pound of each of the following cut 1/4 inch thick, then julienned:

Fortuna’s Soupy

Pepperoni

Coppa – Dry Cured Capicola

2 28 ounce cans of whole plum tomatoes

1 12 ounce can artichoke hearts in water, rinsed and drained

2 whole scallions, sliced

1 cup fresh or frozen peas, drained

Chopped fresh basil to taste

Grated Parmigianino Reggiano or Romano Pecorino cheese, to taste

1 pound fresh pasta of your choice

Directions
In a deep sauté pan, add olive oil, fresh garlic and Italian sausage and stir frequently until sausage is just about fully cooked, about 5 - 10 minutes on medium heat.

Add other meats and brown a bit more so that all the flavors blend.

Add the plum tomatoes and let the pot simmer for another 10 minutes.

Add artichoke hearts, scallions and peas; heat until fully warmed, then add the basil.

Meanwhile platter your pasta of choice. (Consider Fortuna’s Fettuccine!)

Ladle fresh meat sauce on top; sprinkle with grated cheese and serve!

This sauce is best if made ahead and then let rest a few hours in the refrigerator, then reheated or make ahead and freeze.