Legacy tree, Kentucky Coffeetree

From a box of nuts that we received from David over at True Blue Sam, this has been one of our favored trees. It was planted 4 years ago on the bottoms where it it gets plenty of moisture. It stands at about 5 feet tall and is the tallest of the coffeetrees that have made it so far.

Dad made several pieces from this lumber and I made a narrow bookshelf that now stands in our living room.

While we won't live long enough to see the lumber milled from this tree, we enjoy tracking its progress.

From mid-May:

And on 6/11:

Get to work and cut those weeds

Don't just stand there, cut the weeds.

Otherwise you may miss this:





I took care of this today.

Legacy tree, our red buckeye

This was one of two red buckeyes planted in honor of our friend and the Mrs' faithful companion, Buckeye (or Buck for short). We planted two on either side of the driveway near the shed last fall although one didn't make it.

This one is doing very well and now stands over a foot. A red buckeye has large blooms early in spring and attract hummingbirds and bees. We wanted something to remember our dog that would feed local wildlife and produce seeds or nuts to share with others who knew Buck, which turns out to be half the county. This gives our neighbors and friends the chance to grow their own small trees to remember him, too.

Wednesday wildlife, doe and fawn

On the night of 5/29/16 a little after 10:00p, this doe and her fawn walked in front of the camera for a short visit:



It seems that they like the corner of the acreage. Here they are again near the apple and nectarine trees a few days later on this morning after a shower:

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.