Old fashioned but effective. Runs on porridge. No high tech circuitry. One power setting. Can be serviced with a file (no fancy tool kit required). And takes up virtually no space in the shed.
Bracken:
No bracken:
Pile of bracken (and blackberry and gorse):
I'm covered in rusty brown dust (which I guess is bracken spores) made into brown glue by sunscreen and sweat. That dust doesn't half make me cough.
The supervisor declines to keep the coffee cup topped up but has been pointing out where the sticks are still a bit long.We'll go out on the water later. It's a calm hot day that started as a calm overcast day, Mr B has gone fishing, and kayaking is just calling out to us again (like the loud ratcheting of the cicadas).
oh and by the way - here is how El Greco is doing on its first year in the garden
Runs on porridge? Sounds excellent.
ReplyDeletePorridge is a vastly underrated fuel for power tools - sustainable too.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteOoh, Olives! And Scully - no life vest? Well deserved water therapy after all that snoopervising! F did a grand job... Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Scully wanted to swim when we beached and as it was dead calm I let her off the vest (it doubles as my back support when she refuses to be dressed in it.)
DeleteSuch a fine sunny sensible life there in the land of beauty and bracken! You could probably market the pollen/seed sweat rust- as Natural organic blemish concealer. $20,000 for one half ounce. Pretty sure it would be a hit!
ReplyDeleteYou have the most exotic ideas.
Delete“runs on porridge” LOL
ReplyDeletea beautiful tool—both the scythe and the supervisor
I love the way the old handles are worn smooth and satiny from use. My mattock has a fabulous handle.
DeleteWow you did an excellent job clearing all that. You definitely deserve some R&R. I would of ,probably
ReplyDelete, just jumped into the water too cool off
El Greco is looking very healthy indeed.
jumped in water to wash off the crud and met the fishers coming back. Mr B came home with a big bag of cleaned filleted fish (fillets got frozen separately which makes meals easy for a while)
DeleteYeh El Greco. You'll be an oil producer in a few years lol
ReplyDeletei hope eventually to preserve enough table olives to keep us supplied all year each year but oil here will never compare to Greek olive oil.
DeleteI love having frozen fish fillets available, they thaw quickly and are an easy meal. that is a LOT OF B RACKEN you cleared all by yourself. I am impressed. I have a lot of work to do in our back yard, but not the energy you possess. I have to do mine a little at a time.. I am always impressed by your work, builder of sheds and cabins, property clearer, mechanic, restore old RV, swimming, poling the paddle board, the list is long
ReplyDeletenecessity (if i stop I'm dead)
DeleteWho needs gym membership when you have everything you need all around you to exercise all your muscles?
ReplyDeleteand the nearest gym is 70km away...
Deleteugh Bracken is like such a pain to get rid of, looks like after much hard work it's all clear, Scully looks very pleased with himself.
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