I Did That

It turns out that despite my extensive tool ownership, I am a few tools short of what I need to keep up the yard here.  In the old house I did very little yard work.  I paid someone to cut the grass and did what ever little pruning I had to do on an infrequent basis.  Here, I don’t have that luxury and will have to do a fair bit of yard work on my own.  So I’m going to need the tools it takes to do that.  Here;s a tentative list of what I’m going to need:

1. a riding lawnmower/tractor
2. a chipper/shredder
3. an edger
4. a gas chainsaw
5. a mortar mixer

Number 5 might seem a little strange next to the others, but I have a number of sidewalks to repair/replace and want to build at least 2 retaining walls and a couple of buildings, so I’m going to need to mix some concrete at some point.  I think I need the chipper before I get anything else and I think I will get a self-propelled push mower second hand at first because I will be beating the tar out of it in the back yard and there is no sense putting a brand new mower through that sort of punishment.  I can borrow my Father-in-law’s chainsaw for now.