Sunday, March 16, 2014

Spring 2014 thaw

The pond is filling:


One of the apple trees:


Our aronia plants were cleaned out by the native rabbits as they clipped every plant. But there are signs of hope as buds are visible:


We invested a lot of time planting last fall and putting up fencing to keep the deer out, but I didn't add enough protection against the smaller critters. Deer are known to pull these plants out of the ground and the rabbits do a very good job of "pruning" small plants.We're encouraged that the aronias will respond well after this cold winter.

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