Used a Brush Hook today

Today I decided to do a bit of pre-spring land maintenance instead of getting on the treadly.

I Sharpened the old brush hook and got stuck into a patch of lantana which was starting to encroach onto the lawns from it's imprisonment underneath a Sally Wattle which had been killed by the Country energy line clearing crew early last year, and had begun to slide towards its inevitable horizontal resting place.

It took about 4hours to slash it and dig out the roots. Then collect all the waste into 3 big trailer loads to clean it up. Some work still to do but it felt good to get back to a bit of hands on hard work again after so many years. An look ma no blisters but heaps of scratches!

Now the old sally wattle will be able to fall into the clearing and I will then be able to cut it up for next years fire wood with a lot less effort!