It's been a terrible summer at Stoney Hill, with constant and amazing rains meaning we couldn't take the tractor a lot of places due to the soft ground. Plus, the grass loved the rain and grew like mad. So it was a fabulous summer for the chiggers.
Finally we had a few dry days so this past weekend I rode my 4-wheeler to check out a low area, declared it mowable, set out to get the tractor....and realized my phone had slipped out of a hole in my pocket, probably in that 2-foot-tall grass. I couldn't find it, even after borrowing another phone to call it (but reception is terrible here, especially in low spots).
So I mowed. I listened for a metal clank in the bushhog, hoping to catch the sight of my phone going into orbit and perhaps seeing its re-entry. Never heard it.
So after mowing I resumed my search, kicking through the thick grass cuttings along my remembered route from earlier that morning. And I found it.
Which is a long story to say that, when you mow tall chigger-filled grass, you end up wading through clippings chock full of furious chiggers.
The next day I was looking for a bowl of acid to soak my ankles in, in hopes of getting some relief.
Finally we had a few dry days so this past weekend I rode my 4-wheeler to check out a low area, declared it mowable, set out to get the tractor....and realized my phone had slipped out of a hole in my pocket, probably in that 2-foot-tall grass. I couldn't find it, even after borrowing another phone to call it (but reception is terrible here, especially in low spots).
So I mowed. I listened for a metal clank in the bushhog, hoping to catch the sight of my phone going into orbit and perhaps seeing its re-entry. Never heard it.
So after mowing I resumed my search, kicking through the thick grass cuttings along my remembered route from earlier that morning. And I found it.
Which is a long story to say that, when you mow tall chigger-filled grass, you end up wading through clippings chock full of furious chiggers.
The next day I was looking for a bowl of acid to soak my ankles in, in hopes of getting some relief.