Wednesday wildlife, pheasants in the morning

The dozen or so pheasant roosters have the run of the place. They run across in front of this camera several times a week and here are some typical examples:

Flowers on Friday, Aronia berries

We have 70+ plants with hundreds of blooms. With luck, we should have a good crop this year.

Legacy trees: David's chestnut

The chestnut that was given to us from David over at True Blue Sam on his visit a couple of years ago.

It now stands over 2 feet tall. Surrounded by chicken wire and fencing, the rabbits and deer have been kept out.

Get to work, this bee is on the wrong flower

 

Why isn't this workaholic among the honeyberries, aronias, or at the apple trees?

The bee numbers seem to be down but I've been working during several overcast and cloudy days. In the mean time, raspberries, more honeyberries and strawberries were planted this past weekend. I also replaced a cherry tree that was girdled by a varmit that climbed the cage.

A fairly productive weekend.

Wednesday wildlife, snow geese and Canadian geese

Snow geese in late February:


And Canadian geese in early, windy March day:

Get to work! Not today

This weekend it rained both days, which meant no planting, no weed cutting and no mowing. It marks the second weekend without much meaningful work completed.