How can one rock, particularly this rather beautiful tiger coloured rock put such a fear into farmers?  This little rock managed to smash the back of a tractor window and just miss the head of Farmer Jack when he was out slashing.

This rock has caused us to try to figure out math that is hurting our heads because Farmer Jack calculates things in feet and I do in centimeters.  And neither of us are much good at calculating things in our our dimensions.

This little rock was formed a million years ago and is just now starting to be a trouble maker, go figure!

The damage that this little rock can do to a slasher is tremendous.  They can firstly wreck your tractors windows, which costs too much to replace.  Secondly smash your farmer in the head and do damage or kill him.  Thirdly make your farmer work all night calculating how much chain he has to cut and into what lengths in order to put it on the slasher as a net to stop it happening again.








These photos show the damage and the time off a farmer has to have in order to fix his machinery.

A year ago, before meeting my lovely Farmer Jack, I had no clue as to the effort it took for a farmer to bring our food to our table.

99% of the western world just think food comes from the supermarket.  NO.. it comes from hard work, sweat and tears and not much income, after mishaps etc. 

Thank you Farmer Jack and I will keep the tea coming until you have your tractor mate back on track...