Archive for 'Trees'
Posted: April 20th, 2007 by
Lisa
I cannot begin to say how sick I was of snow. Snow, rain, more snow, lots of wind, flooding, rain and more snow. Uck. I had the ultimate case of cabin fever there for a while. Something about this last storm, which was long and miserable, just about did me in. Maybe I don’t
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Posted under Chainsaw, Clearing, Crocus, Farm Life, Honey Bees, Horses, Maple, Sheep.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2007 by
Lisa
It is amazing how well Buster Muster is doing. He still looks awful, but is his same-old happy, cheerful self. He lets me check him out whenever I go out there, and since I’m a big old worrywart, that’s a lot. The horn itself, or whatever the flesh that is left is called is
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Posted under Building, Chainsaw, Farm Life, Injuries, Rams, Sheep, Tractor, Trees.
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Posted: March 19th, 2005 by
Frank
I pruned the ornamental crabs and gave the branches to the sheep. They nibbled a little, but weren’t really interested. Checked the hives. Mine buzzed audibly and I saw one flying bee. No sound from Lisa’s. Many dead bees in the feeder, none moving. Took the feeder off to bring in and clean. Saw a
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Posted under Crab Apple, Honey Bees, Pruning, Sheep, Trees, Wild birds.
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Posted: October 29th, 2004 by
Lisa
We have wild turkeys in the yard all the time. It’s almost normal. But today, Frank spotted them in the crab apple trees. At first, because of the way they were positioned, it looked like they were in the dogwood trees, but really, they are in the crab apple trees behind the dogwood, happily eating the crab apples. I knew crap apple trees attracted birds, but I didn’t know it would attract wild turkeys. It was hard to believe that those little ornamental trees could support such big birds. Who knew?
Posted under Crab Apple, Wild Turkeys.
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Posted: August 30th, 2003 by
Lisa
We had quite the exciting and adventurous day out in the new garden today, probably more than we really wanted. There was one big oak tree that absolutely had to get cut before we could put in our first raised beds, but we’d left it to last because it really wanted to fall onto the
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Posted under Chainsaw, Clearing, Oak.
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Posted: August 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
I am so sick of bugs! We are really being attacked this year by both the dreaded red lily beetle and the awful green Japanese beetle. I often go out in the evening to collect them off of the plants, but it’s a losing battle. I’m ruthless, though, and when I spot them I either
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Posted under Asters, Bearded, Bugs, Iris, Japanese beetles, Lacy Snowflake, Lily, Lily beetles, Milkweed, Mountain Ash, Planting, Princess, Roses, Wisteria.
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Posted: July 19th, 2003 by
Lisa
Our second day with the sawmill was as fun as the first. I’m assuming we won’t always be so thrilled, but for now, I’m still documenting our progress madly. One of the things I found really interesting is that in 1995, when we were clearing for the main garden, we cut down a huge oak
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Posted under Chipper, Clearing, Crazy Daisy, Japanese beetles, Mountain Ash, Roses, Sawmill, Tractor, Truck.
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Posted: May 28th, 2003 by
Lisa
We went outside straight away after work tonight, when it had stopped raining for about twenty minutes. We’d wanted to start digging up the trillium that I found takers for on gardenweb. We fed the fish. I don’t think they yet understand that what we are throwing in the pond is fish food. The
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Posted under Blackflies, Cats, Fish, Flowers, Gardening, Rain, Trees.
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Posted: September 24th, 2002 by
Lisa
Fall is officially here. The air is decidedly nippy tonight. I thought we might actually be in for the first freeze of the year, but I guess my blood just hasn’t thickened up yet. But so many of the fall plants are out in full force in the garden. The burning bushes are almost at
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Posted under Asters, Burning Bush, Crab Apple, Morning Glory, Sedum.
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Posted: June 20th, 2002 by
Lisa
The shade garden thingie I’ve got going in the front of the house is doing really well. Of course, like much of my garden, it’s in prime bloom now, and the garden tour is in a week, but what can I do. It’s pretty, perfect, right now. Columbine, foam flower, bleeding heart, lungwort, hosta, ribbon
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Posted under Columbine, Foam Flower, Iris, Japanese maple, Reviews, Ribbon Grass, Self, Soil, Sub-zero, hosta, lungwort.
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