By early noon, the north half of the old field was cut. We are leaving the southern half so that the small animals that use this area for cover will still have somewhere to hide. Sadly, we saw toads leaving the cut area in a big hurry. That makes me sad and also makes me think of other ways to control the growth here. On the positive side, the mower moved slowly and didn't scrape the ground, so it was above toad height (except for the wheels on the tractor).