{"id":2326,"date":"2013-05-15T19:09:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2013-05-15T19:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T11:09:29","slug":"slashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/slashing\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2317\" alt=\"DSC02012\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02012-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02012-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02012.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I enjoy slashing, which is just as well as there are many more hours ahead on the tractor. \u00a0What&#8217;s not to love, you are out in the sunshine, (or at least in the dry) \u00a0travelling at about 5kmh between rows of 6m tall trees, leaving lovely neat stripes behind behind you so you can see what you have done. \u00a0The only downside is the diesel fumes from the exhaust which twirl and swirl the leaves on the trees as you pass. \u00a0I just think of them being able to grow more with the extra carbon dioxide. \u00a0I do a single pass down the centre of the all the rows to get most of the bulk which takes about three hours then will come back with the slasher offset slightly and go up\/down each row twice to cover the\u00a0whole width which will be another six.<a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2316\" alt=\"DSC02010\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02010-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02010-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02010.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2318\" alt=\"DSC02011\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02011-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02011-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02011.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy slashing, which is just as well as there are many more hours ahead on the tractor. 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