Invested in a Ryobi strimmer to cut the grass.

(That's not me in the pic, pic lifted from the Ryobi site). I went down to the local DIY place a couple of days ago and purchased a 2-stroke Ryobi Strimmer. 27,000yen for the top-of the range model. This is the first purchase (other than the land) that could be seen as "costs" for the project.

2 hours of strimming later and the land is looking a little less wild (below). The picture also shows architect Salvator-John using an iphone to photograph and augment measurements.