This link shows some of the projects and tasks for which I have used my Kyoti tractor. One might say that I had to rationalize the expense somehow!!
Last fall, several truck-loads of seaweed, Garry Oak leaves, a pile of chipped wood from the orchard and farm, and a load of rotted manure were piled and mixed for composting. The tractor has been invaluable in keeping this pile turned and now in transporting it to the gardens. In March, visitor Jochen Kumm practises his skills with the backhoe and bucket .
I had been working on getting basic electrification in the barn so since the ground was soft, I decided to do the last leg to the house. Then I decided to run a water line up from the standpipe at the house to behind the rock wall at the picnic table area… Looks like a moat, but will get it filled in this week.
One Cedar tree in the corner of Alex and Virginies garden which I planted 20 years ago was transplanted in order to open up the light.
Acquiring a new water tank meant more work for the tractor. A trench was dug with the backhoe which carries the water from the tank by gravity to the reservoir above the pond and there it can be drained into the pond, or the greenhouse and garden. It also carries an underground electircal cable in order to get electricity to the barn.
This time I moved a Sugar Maple that I had planted in the upper field to make way for the expansion of the Organic garden for Wind-whipped farm.
The tractor had to do some work this summer in order to have a dry place to live. The pictures below show the process involved in lifting the manufactured roof rafters or trusses from Slegg lumber into place with the front-end loader of the tractor. This was the only part in the construction that I never undertook to make myself (wise move!)
In April of 2010, I decided to make more room for parking in front of our house and to put a drainage pipe in to take off the extra water coming down from the upper field. So the tractor was essential for digging the packed driveway soil.
