We bought a Mini Excavator for our Mini Homestead. Cat 301.5 Mini Excavator

We have our brand new Cat 301.5 Mini Excavator Arrive from WesTrac.
We put it to use right away with our Veggie Garden Update!
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[@turfandtools]

The Plan is for these Update and homestead project videos to come out every Wednesday 8pm Sydney time.

[@karmareed3598]

Amazing but not worried about it!! I'd be happy with once a month!! Thank you guys for doing what you're doing and sharing!! Love all the shenanigans, especially Maggie and Kevin!! Can't wait to see what comes next!!

[@eric_seguin]

@@karmareed3598 Bite your tongue. Never slow down the content. You are so bad.

[@karmareed3598]

@@eric_seguin so pull your head out and take a bite yourself

[@eric_seguin]

@@karmareed3598 First off, lighten up kid. Second, I love Tim and his lady. Third, processing these videos depends on gross content, software, and computer processing power. We don't know how hard it is for any specific channel. I follow about 60 channels and am poor so its hard to keep my mind occupied enough to not go bats. I do have fun watching Tim more than most. He's a hoot. You need not protect him. I'll never harm him.

[@eric_seguin]

@@karmareed3598 Awe. I'm scared.

[@jackiehine1279]

Love Nicole’s style. She films while you do the heavy work. Clever girl 👏

[@nicolet607]

Shhhhhhh 😂😂😂

[@karmareed3598]

Brilliant ​@@nicolet607

[@srgnsw65]

I love how encouraging Nicole is. Props to her. Good work on the tools Tim.

[@nicolet607]

If I encourage him anymore we will be in the poor house 😂

[@karmareed3598]

This is definitely the best video" vlog" update" yet I'm definitely excited to see more mini big cat shenanigans!! Thank you guys for doing what you're doing and sharing!! Absolutely love it!!

[@turfandtools]

Thanks for the support

[@nicolet607]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@karmareed3598]

​@nicolet607 Nicole. Next round, potentially use the 3 sister method. The Iroquois and the Cherokee called corn, bean, and squash the three sisters' because they nurture each other like family when planted together. The corn grows tall and fast, and then the beans will use them to reach for the sky, and the squash will take refuge in the shade below. Also a few sunflowers in each bed will help the soil tremendously and bring in pollinators. I absolutely love how this is all coming a long and I can't wait to see what comes around!! Thank you guys so much for sharing the shenanigans!!

[@Sniffy1975]

Loving this new "farming" branch of your videos and seeing you play with a different sort of toys 😊 Nothing wrong with mowing or mowing related toys, but its good to see this different kind of content, and watching you learn as you go is just as fascinating. 👌

[@turfandtools]

Cheers. We are having lots of fun 🙌

[@suedoe4543]

The veggie garden is looking amazing. It's come a long way from the start. Won't be able to watch any more of the 3am videos or lives, work/life just doesn't allow it, but I'll watch them at a later time. So glad the excavator is finally there. Have fun with it. 😊❤

[@turfandtools]

Thanks Sue!

[@calebevans8437]

I love this very uninformed garden channel it's the way I would do it fake it till you make it🤣🤣 also the beer in the slug trap I could just imagine me in the garden setting them up like Homer Simpson ' one for you, one for me'🤣🤣🤣

[@PennyMerces]

On the raised beds wide copper strips around them deters slugs and snails!

[@marybiott4434]

Well done Nicole👍

[@nicolet607]

Thanks Mary 😊

[@claybell3430]

Coming from a sugar cane area and using a lot of the milling by-product in gardening(dad did anyway), we call the fibre "baggasse" and the the other "filter press mud". Fantastic for organic gardening and burrows for mice, toads and snakes.

[@nicolet607]

Awesome. Thank you

[@MrLangDog]

Trenching bucket, grappler, mulcher.....can't wait to see all the attachments you end up buying for the excavator! 🤣

[@nicolet607]

Stop it 😂😂😂

[@brianwelsh-primecutslawnca4364]

Look'n good Tim & Nicole. 👍💯😎

[@turfandtools]

Thanks Mate. Appreciate your call

[@Minkster555]

Money well spent! You’re pretty good handling the new toy! Love listening to the banter between you and Nicole.😊 The garden looks amazing, can’t wait to see it grow. I’ll be here watching. 💚

[@turfandtools]

Thanks Brenda!

[@nicolet607]

Thanks Brenda 😊. I am loving watching it change now as the seasons get warmer. It’s wild how quickly it happens

[@marionryan582]

Every thing is looking 👀 great well done you two 👍👍🤩🤩

[@jenbell9823]

Excellent vidoe. Love the progress. 😊

[@dananichols1141]

That's awesome. Im glad you got your machine. Imagine the possibilities.

[@turfandtools]

It will be a fun ride!

[@ginak921]

Veggie patch looking great and what a great new toy for Tim haha

[@turfandtools]

Thanks Gina!

[@karmareed3598]

You definitely did a thing Tim!! Love it!! I'm excited to see what shenanigans y'all get into!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@carolgadles7045]

Great job on the excavator, my youngest son runs the huge ones for his job. Love how the garden is coming along. You both are learning so much and it’s fun to watch you both. 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@jenny_rice]

That was fun. Thanks for sharing with us! 💜

[@suerobinson844]

That was a fun video. ❤

[@davidlockyer]

Tim you need a little walk behind dumper to go with that mini Ex

[@turfandtools]

I sure do!

[@valeriepasbrig2864]

Glad you got the excavator. You're going to get a lot of use out of it. The veggie garden looks great and Nicole sounds like an old hand at gardening already.

[@nicolet607]

lol hardly. I need all the advice and suggestions I can get Valerie I am your typical “google” gardener and even then I am getting some of it wrong 😂

[@karmareed3598]

"It doesn't matter we're playing with toys"- Tim 😂😂😂😂😂

[@GeorgeiaIN]

Should look at getting an 18V makita tipping wheel burrow 😅

[@turfandtools]

Don’t tempt me

[@karmareed3598]

The loud silence of disappointment at 11:03 😂😂😂😂

[@charlesbreitenbach508]

Don’t dig over the sprocket end of tracks. Have the blade down, and dig over blade end. More stable. I have over 40 years of running massive track hoes loading semis, scrapers art’s.

[@wendymullock275]

Aww Tim, you have the best tools! So jealous!

[@turfandtools]

I'm pretty lucky I get to do what I do, I get some awesome opportunities.

[@Michele_Williams]

Another 4am night isn’t in the cards for me, but I hope you all have fun! ☺

[@teenastaller8903]

So jealous of all your cool equipment. We had a Kubota tractor at one time and it was so handy.

[@shadowsalc1706]

When using the excavator have the blade in front of you where you're digging from to help stabilise the machine and use it to push up the pile you're digging from

[@janababuljakova2534]

Ahoj Time! Škoda že Nemáte všude ten krásný anglický trávník! To by byla krása! Mějte se krásně! 👍🌿👍🏆👋

[@teenastaller8903]

In Oregon we can get hazelnut shells which works great as a layer to keep out snails and slugs and even cats. This is a big area for growing hazelnuts.

[@dananichols1141]

😂😂😂😂😂something id do as well. I cant see

[@Joe_alby]

Tim will be pulling out weeds to a new level with that thing 😂😂

[@turfandtools]

You and I think exactly the same things...

[@lindamichael7903]

Enjoyed watching keep on keep on

[@One_Crazy_Dog_Mum]

That red bird on the water tank was a male king parrot, as an encouraging partner I’m with Nicole & encouraged the purchase of our kubota mini excavator & it’s been a game changer.

[@pats5o]

The boy has a new toy, have fun with it 😄

[@auozjan]

Look what you got for Father’s Day 😅😅😅

[@karmareed3598]

"You look like Bob the builder" Nicole 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@_Najee]

You're killing me Tim. I was scrolling and got excited when I saw the thumbnail...only to realise it wasn't released yet 🙃

[@dananichols1141]

Me too. I leave for work at about that time😢 soo bummed

[@turfandtools]

Sorry Guys! It's out now 🙌

[@bigboyiams]

Slugs slither

[@turfandtools]

Not according to Nicole

[@karmareed3598]

Thank you for using proper PPE! Proper protection equipment is important and cool to use 😉

[@melissaphillis7247]

Great job ❤❤❤

[@leandabee]

Hey Nicole, I love those grow bag things 👌. I have a courtyard type back yard, so am space impaired. They will be perfect. Thank you 👏👏😃 Edit: I put seasol on my sunflower and tomato seeds/seedlings last year, and just wow, they seemed to have grown a foot overnight 😳😅😅. Amazing stuff 👌

[@nicolet607]

What did you grow in the grow bags ? I was thinking maybe strawberries ? Or herbs ? Love to know what you did and how it worked ? Thanks 😊

[@leandabee]

@@nicolet607 oh, no, I meant I was admiring your grow bags, and I will probably get some 😃. I grew sunflowers and tomatoes in large pots 👌

[@nicolet607]

@@leandabeelol ahhh ok! Well they were $3 at Bunnings this week :/)

[@leandabee]

@@nicolet607 😅 🤗

[@alanboskovic3282]

Sprinkling ash from your fire place all over the soil works as a good slug repellent in Gardens. Tested and proven. 👍🙂

[@karmareed3598]

Johnny apple seed. Nicole broccoli seed, I see the vision.

[@myraholmes8702]

😄😃 Go Tim

[@andrewdamant6353]

Dig toward the blade . Drive motors are on the backside. Super expensive if you put the bucket into them and break them.

[@hoffpauirconcrete.semperfidCC]

9999 hours to go you'll be a pro in no time

[@nicolet607]

I feel there is waaay to much truth in this statement 😂

[@PiSundays-mb1my]

Looking forward to the collab with Mark from self sufficient me! Another great Aussie garden youtuber

[@turfandtools]

He wouldn’t slum it with us mate 😂

[@wendydix5534]

Hey Nicole, seasol is not a fertiliser just a soil conditioner that helps with root stress so put the dynamic lifter on everything as well. Yr both doing a great job xxx

[@biggav5555]

Seasol is the company name, they also make lots of fertilisers including the green bottle version of the seaweed concentrate which is a great liquid fertiliser.

[@nicolet607]

Thanks Wendy☺️. I will do that today :-)

[@darcywolfe2524]

Remember to have the Excavator blade on the side that your working. to prevent it tipping forward when you lift your load :) ! Otherwise, Enjoy!

[@davismorrisson9429]

Another great video Nicole 😂 looking forward to more of you giving it to Mat, sorry I meant Bob the builder 😭😭😭

[@turfandtools]

I knew someone wouldn’t be able to resist 😂

[@nicolet607]

😂😂😂😂 love it !

[@Volklet]

Thank you for sharing all this, it really brightens my day following your progress. What is in the circular metal structures by the vegetable patch?

[@turfandtools]

Thanks for watching. They are water tanks

[@cactusheadz]

The Cat Excavator should be named Doug 😉

[@Morse-t5z]

Thumbnail pic - That mini excavator looks like complete overkill in that garden bed! 😂A mini rototiller would have been more than adequate!! 😂

[@turfandtools]

Overkill is my middle name

[@Dartanian1959]

Caffeine solutions of used coffee bean is more effective on snails and slugs

[@Dore60]

👍

[@karmareed3598]

Nicole, will you be learning how to operate the mini big cat?? Also, have you had the opportunity to drive the loaner deer around the property??

[@turfandtools]

No to both of those questions unfortunately 😂

[@karmareed3598]

@@turfandtools ok ok ok fin fin fin

[@sniper8669]

👍🏻

[@KB-lj4vk]

Slugs no shell, snail has shell🐌

[@KB-lj4vk]

Oh and both have no legs 😂

[@Michele_Williams]

@@KB-lj4vk 😂😂

[@nicolet607]

I need evidence. Just not convinced 😂

[@nancybasileauthor]

Soooo jealous of your heavy equipment. I live in the suburbs so no reason for me to own any. 😂

[@LucRom-kz5uw]

Good work Tim you te best te moostuin te planting te bloems te aanleg best frieds thans te video Top week 🚛🪤🚜👍🌤😅😎🧢🎧🧋

[@turfandtools]

Thank you!

[@MarkyB-e8t]

Good morning Tim.With all your new acreage I was wondering if you plan to get a bigger robot mower?

[@turfandtools]

a lot of it is bush so it is manageable. I currently have 4 here to try and another on the way so I don't really need a bigger one.

[@turbotrana]

I am thinking of getting a 301.5 from Westrac. How much did u pay?

[@MrPete1666]

Hi Tim, what`s happened to this weeks podcast on youtube,miss it live but normally out a few days later.

[@turfandtools]

We are behind due to schedules. I may have to do it on my lonesome tomorrow night.

[@peterdoyle3205]

Is there a house on the block or just a shed? It looks like a nice area to live.

[@turfandtools]

We will be building a house here

[@jtmollico6468]

Diatomaceous earth is a good repellent for crawling insects.

[@deborahgallagher-vu5hl]

Also great for the chickens to take a dry bath in to kill any parasites on the skin.

[@nicolet607]

Oooo I have that for the chickens now. I use it to dust the coop when I clean it. Great tips. Thanks 😊

[@deborahgallagher-vu5hl]

When I saw it they used an old tire and put the earth in the middle and the chickens would get in and flap their wings.

[@kimluck7996]

It’s a Tonka toy!! 😃

[@turfandtools]

It's awesome!

[@kimluck7996]

@@turfandtools Gonna have lots of fun with that. Garden is starting to look good. It will all be trial and error for the first year or two but you will get there. Gardening Australia website has great info on the how to. Worth a look.

[@turfandtools]

That’s the fun bit. I’m used to messing things up so I won’t be discouraged 😂

[@kimluck7996]

@@turfandtools 😁

[@nicolet607]

@@kimluck7996thanks for the tip. Will definitely check that out 😊

[@alanbierhoff6831]

I’m waiting to see if you have any regrets about not getting a progressive link thumb added to the 301.5. You can always get one at any time and you may not miss what you never had. Kind of like the difference between being born blind and going blind…as a wise man I knew used to say

[@michaelcarydakis790]

WHAT DID THE EXCAVATOR MONEY WISE MAKE YOU PAY

[@jonkvh]

I'll say the word 'moist' anytime. No matter how cringeworthy it makes the ladies feel.

[@garywagner2466]

A shame you have to give the Deere back. What will you do without it? Maybe they’ll give you deal on that used one. Only driven by a little old lady on the weekends.

[@turfandtools]

It went back today. I’m hoping to try some more soon and I will buy something eventually

[@nicolet607]

“Little old lady” never had the offer to drive it …. Just saying 😂

[@Alecmcq]

We need to see Nicole… come on Mrs Tim, get out in front of the camera!

[@turfandtools]

She has no aspirations to be a KZbinr but who knows 🤷‍♂️

[@Alecmcq]

@@turfandtools she’s already a KZbin star, but just the voice…

[@nicolet607]

lol. Maybe one day but for now I am happy to give orders to my worker lol

[@LinkinParkForever]

lots of pointless information about your vegetables, who cares. Whats the price of the machine