Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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:



Friday, May 13, 2016

Flowers on Friday, Aronia berries

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


Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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.

Monday, May 9, 2016

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, May 4, 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016

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.