[Laundrew]

The Laundrew household escaped the urban jungle a few years ago and fled to the sticks. With a new a new property, one can always find areas for improvement and we're slowly checking items off of our "to do" list.  One issue was a drainage ditch located on the North side of our property - during the Spring thaw, we had a decent flow of water and erosion was a primary concern.

Put the compact tractor to work with the box scraper, cut a proper channel for water flow and graded adjoining area for improved water flow into the ditch.

Ordered 12 yards of 6 inch rock and according to my aggregate guy it was 15 plus tons - I always ask the weight of something when I am going to install it by hand It turned out that one truck load was just enough to complete the project.

We planted 7 fruit tress to accent the curve of the ditch. Tree cages are a necessity as we have a healthy deer population plus coyotes, bears and a host of smaller critters. Added some grass seed and are planning to plant Butterfly Bushes on the opposite side of the bank next year. With rain days it required a little over a couple of weeks to complete this project.

Be well...

 

[Tyson]

Beautiful work!

[Zuman]

Outstanding job, Laundrew. During the Great Recession we were able to purchase a very nice home in a small subdivision deep in the suburbs (ok, rural).
The problem, we discovered, was that we didn't have anywhere to store the toys necessary for living on four semi-wooded acres: the snowblower, the leaf blower(s), the zero-turn mower and various tow-behinds, the brush-cutter, the chainsaw, etc. So now I cram all that stuff into the third bay of a three-car garage and three very large plastic storage boxes carefully hidden from the HOA while my daily driver sits outside. The alternative would be an "architecturally appropriate" carriage house at approximately 1/3 of the main house's cost.
How I envy you your tractor!
 

[Laundrew]

Beautiful work!

Thanks you for your kind words

Be well...

[Bob in St. Louis]

That looks awesome, well done Sir!
Love the property, it lays well. What state are you in?

[Laundrew]

Outstanding job, Laundrew. During the Great Recession we were able to purchase a very nice home in a small subdivision deep in the suburbs (ok, rural).
The problem, we discovered, was that we didn't have anywhere to store the toys necessary for living on four semi-wooded acres: the snowblower, the leaf blower(s), the zero-turn mower and various tow-behinds, the brush-cutter, the chainsaw, etc. So now I cram all that stuff into the third bay of a three-car garage and three very large plastic storage boxes carefully hidden from the HOA while my daily driver sits outside. The alternative would be an "architecturally appropriate" carriage house at approximately 1/3 of the main house's cost.
How I envy you your tractor!

Oh so true - it seems we can never find enough storage space for all of our prized possessions. We downsized a little when we moved out into a rural community but the pros has greatly eclipsed the cons and we have never looked back. Our garage is currently used for storing the tractor, implements, side by side and a utility trailer. We are currently toying around with the idea of adding a Barn style type garage to the property - perhaps in the 30'x40' range and use it for what we are currently storing in our existing garage and using the top floor for storage and perhaps a man cave - a small, woodworking shop might also find its way into our current garage

The tractor is a Kubota B2601 and I call it my Swiss Army Knife. I have never owned a more versatile piece of kit, everything from gardening, installing paths, earth moving to digging the neighbour out after a good dumping of snow
Moving around Lady Laundrew's basket gardens, harvesting potatoes and digging out the neighbour's driveway. Thank you for your wonderful comments.

Be well...

[Laundrew]

That looks awesome, well done Sir!
Love the property, it lays well. What state are you in?

Thank you very much for your comment. East Coast Canada - Nova Scotia

Be well...

[Bob in St. Louis]

Thank you very much for your comment. East Coast Canada - Nova Scotia

Be well...

Ahh, beautiful!!  Please pardon my assumption and arrogance, of you being in the US. 

[ArthurDent]

Well planned and executed solution to a tricky problem. Nice spread Sir. 

[Peter J]

Well done!
I envy your tractor a little. I have long wanted a tracked skid steer for all the things it can be made to do. I suspect the Kubota would do all I need, or even want, but there's still that bit of lust...

[Laundrew]

Well done!
I envy your tractor a little. I have long wanted a tracked skid steer for all the things it can be made to do. I suspect the Kubota would do all I need, or even want, but there's still that bit of lust...

Thanks for your kind words.

A tracked skid steer is an awesome beast to have parked in the garage - unbelievable as to the range of attachments at your finger tips for these machines and their versatility

Be well...

[Laundrew]

Well planned and executed solution to a tricky problem. Nice spread Sir. 

Thank you for your compliment 

Be well...