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Everyone else got ready for Golden Week holidays - bike trips, beach trips, shopping trips but we got stuck on the farm getting ready for planting. One of the biggest jobs is keeping the sasa bamboo down. Even with an excavator and powerful slasher it is a time consuming job. The first few hours of driving the excavator (big toys for a big boy) is fun but it gets a bit tiring after the first few days.