We went to an auction yesterday. One of the people close to the community had passed away and he had spent his life inventing all sorts of interesting farming tools. He even had made a machine to refine crude oil into diesel and gasoline.

We picked up a few things we badly needed for the plantation. The first was a bush-hog which is like a giant lawn-mover that is pulled behind the tractor. This will fit between the rows of trees and keep the weeds down.



The other machine we bought was a tractor. A big old Ford 5000 that runs on crude oil (cause fuel is really expensive). This will be used to pull the bush hog, haul water, spread manure and so forth.



We also picked up the bottom of a trailor for $50. With a little work this will be our water tanker. We found a water pump at the auction too so we can pump water from the pond into the tanker then attach a garden hose to it and water/fertilize the saplings this year.