Rookie Alert

[Mains]

Hi everyone, I'm from Ontario Canada and own a Kubota BX23S with 30 hours on it (I'm a rookie). With a lot of projects lined up for this summer around the new house, joining TBN seemed like the logical next step to help speed up my learning curve.

3.5 acres of our property will be lawn with a half acre at the rear being bush.

Before we could start construction of our new place last year, our property was extremely overgrown and had to be cleared. I used the loader bucket to push and cut down the brush (I've got a tooth bar on it which worked great) and then cut it up with the mid mount mower deck which I had as high as it would go from the ground. I've attached a picture of what that looked like.

And yes that's poison parsnip.. and also my leg afterwards. Mowing 6ft tall poison parsnip in shorts and flip flops:duh:.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to meeting the community and learning a bunch!


Cheers

 

[oosik]

Welcome to TBN and the forum. It's good that you knew about the wild parsnip. We will occasionally get it around here. Nothing like what you are showing there. Light sensitive, chemical burns is what Wikipedia says.

 

[mddorange]

:welcome:
To the TBN forum Rookie.

Congrats on the new house. You will find that all those projects will be quicker with the tractor.

 

[jbrumberg]

Mains- Welcome to TBN and congratulations on your new house. Good luck and keep sharing.

 

[Thomas]

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

 

[k0ua]

Well, you are already educating others about the dangers of mowing wild parsnip without protective gear. Ouch!. Some weeds are pretty hateful.

 

[TBN Support]

:welcome:

Welcome to the forum!

Try to stay away from the poison parsnip this year!

 

[9973720wb19]

invest in and wear steel tow tipped boots/shoes - Poison parsnip is temporary...injury is not. Oh, and enjoy.