Category Archives: Nature

Wild flowers

Lee got around to mowing down our fields with his tractor today. If we didn’t have rampant brambles trying to take over we probably would have just let it be. Before he went and mowed down the field he took … Continue reading

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Why it takes so long for Hazel nut wood to dry out

A few posts back I mentioned that Hazel nut trees don’t burn well unless they have some time to dry out. Lee took out a small Hazel nut tree about three days ago. Every day since that there is a … Continue reading

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Unknown tree

We have these trees around our property that we don’t know what are. They have small thorns on them and leaves that remind us of Mountain Ash leaves. Here is a picture of one of them flowering out. It’s rather … Continue reading

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Deer munchers attack

I went out to water this afternoon and saw that the deer had gone through and mowed almost every fruit tree that we had planted. The annoying thing about this  is Lee has all next week off so he can … Continue reading

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Spring is here

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Adrift in a sea of gray

It hasn’t rained in almost a week, so we’ve managed to make quite a bit of progress outside working in the evenings.  Robin’s dad brought over his three wheel Cushman and tow-behind mowing deck, and then stopped by three times … Continue reading

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Brightest … Moon … Ever

Okay, so not really, but tonight’s full moon did promise to be the brightest for 2009.  The moon is one of those things you lose touch with when you live in a city.  It’s still there in the sky, but … Continue reading

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Visiting wildlife

We have had deer hanging around the last few days. They came up close to eat apples from the tree. Mostly we haven’t seen them even though I know that they are around. In the back field you can see … Continue reading

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Dead something

Lee and I worked on cleaning out the trash shed. I am really quite disgusted every time I work on it. I think that it is worse in some ways then all the other trash that we had to dig … Continue reading

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Our walls seem to be hungry for nuts

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