November in Kentucky is a time to wind down the yard care season. The leaves have fallen and have been raked up and burned, for the most part, the garden has been allowed to go fallow for the winter, and I’m already planning out next Spring’s activities. Hey, we all have hobbies besides those with an engine, and gardening has been one of mine as of late. Ask Chad about the home-grown watermelon he got to try out in St. Louis earlier this year…he broke into the live feed to sing it’s praises, and that’s something I take as high praise! Not only do I intend to grow watermelon again next year, but also tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, plus I hope to see progress on my blackberry vines and my apple and peach trees.

But one thing I’m not looking forward to is the dirt work involved. BangShift Mid-West is situated in rock-filled areas with shallow water tables and half of the ground has the consistency of dried clay. It’s an absolute bitch to work, but the effort is worth it because the same ground grows plants like nowhere else I’ve lived. In fact, if I don’t stay on top of the lawnmowing schedule, I wind up with freaking Wild Kingdom in the back forty and I have to rope in a tractor or a bush hog to clean up the mess. So, which would I rather have…a hot-rod roto-tiller or a V8-powered lawnmower with drift-style E-brake for those perfect 90-degree turns? I don’t know, but if you have any ideas out there, readers, let’s hear them? Want a Cummins 4BT-powered log splitter up in the Pacific Northwest to clear up all of the windstorm lumber? Maybe you need a flood pump that can handle firetruck-like water capacity? Let’s hear them!