Tractor Country
We live in tractor country out here. As far as I can tell, nearly everyone in our valley owns a tractor, and some people own two! Most people use their tractors for mowing their fields, but our next door neighbor uses riding lawn mowers to mow his 4-5 acres and uses his tractor for digging and lifting heavy things. Chad and I had thought about getting a tractor, but considering the smallest ones start at around $15k and that doesn't include implements, we decided to wait on that for a few years. Still, our fields need mowed at least once a year. As our neighbor up the hill says, some poor soul 150 years ago cleared out the trees with nothing but horses, and so he only feels it's right to keep it mowed. I don't have anything against having more forests, but living here these past 10 months, we have seen how important a meadow is to certain kinds of birds. We have watched Red Winged Black Birds, Eastern Blue Birds, Phoebes, Alder Flyca...