Weeks of 100 degree temps have kept me indoors with a simmering case of summer cabin fever. Today was finally cool enough (mid-80’s) to work outside and I fired up the weed whacker.

We have some wicked sticker burrs on the property and I got into a patch yesterday. Easier to toss the socks than try to pick these off. I’ve been wearing knee-hight rubber boots but found they didn’t always protect me from chiggers. Knew there had to be a better way and ordered these.

I’ll hose these down with permethrin and see if they’ll protect from chiggers, ticks and burrs. Stay tuned.

The wood chipper got a much needed cleaning and service and two young guys put it in the pickup but did not come home with me to unload. It’s a heavy mother so rolling down my ramps would be iffy. Instead I used the electric winch to lower it to the ground. If you look close you can see the Gator-Jaw soft shackle holding a lot of weight.