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Extending irrigation to new trees
Much as I’d like to be working on the coop, to get it ready for occupation, it’s a hot day with no sign of rain for a while, so I thought I’d better add irrigation for some new trees around the...
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Elk tree damage & repair
Elk are magestic beasts, fun to look at… but they are also (literally) big menaces, particularly frustrated males. Recently we found some of our apple trees damaged by elk rubbing on them: And not...
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Measuring tree heights
Over the weekend I measured the heights of several of the trees we’ve planted over the past few years — something I started last year. It’s interesting to see how much each has grown over the year....
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New field trees
Today we added a few more trees on the north border of our field. Six new Leyland Cypress trees to replace existing ones that didn’t survive, and fill in some gaps: Plus a couple of larger specimen...
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Irrigation & bark
Yesterday I added irrigation for some of the new trees in the field. I didn’t have enough parts to do all of them, so will have to go to Home Depot sometime to complete that, but at least a bunch of...
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Measuring tree heights
Every year at this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. Here’s a post about this last year. Once again, the incremental growth...
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Sunny snow
We haven’t had any more snow for a couple of days, but it’s been below freezing most of the time, so what’s here isn’t significantly melting. The forecast calls for more snow this weekend, so the...
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Transplanting fir trees
Last Sunday I transplanted five volunteer fir trees in various places around the property. This one self-sprouted in the southwest corner of the property, in the middle of a shrub-sized tree, so I dug...
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Measuring tree heights
Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. Here’s a post about this last year. Once again, the incremental growth...
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Flock Friday for December 13
Some excitement with the chickens this week. One of the chickens, Lola, was still outside when the pop door was closing: You may remember me describing her as the introverted chicken. She often hangs...
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Recent dusting of snow
Now that the snow has all melted, and we’re probably not getting any more this season (though might), I thought I’d post some pictures of the light dusting of snow during the past week. The weather...
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February snow
We woke up to about an inch of snow this morning, with a little continuing in the early morning. It’ll likely be all gone by end of day, but let’s take a walk around the property. Cat footprints on the...
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No doubt the first of many posts of aerial photos
As mentioned on my personal blog, I recently bought a new drone: a DJI Mavic Mini. It’s a huge improvement over the old Parrot one I’ve had for years, and a couple of smaller toy ones I’ve tried. I...
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A stroll through the woods
The east side of our property is a slope down to a valley, mostly covered in trees, about an acre in size. Yesterday I hiked down the hill, and took a bunch of pictures of the trees. I typically only...
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Aerial snow
We recently had a couple days of light snow… a bit unusual for March, but not unheard of. I always enjoy taking pictures of snow, but now that I have a nice drone, I was able to take some aerial photos...
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Aerial pictures of the gardens, pond, greenhouse, mountain
It has been nice and sunny this week, so I did a little drone flying, and captured some more aerial photos. Here’s our fountain garden area, with the bird feeders on the left, cat house under the tree...
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Transplanting volunteer trees behind the shop and pond
This afternoon I dug up some smallish self-seeded fir trees from behind the shop, and transplanted them around that area, and in a couple of places by the pond. Previously I’ve transplanted volunteer...
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Aerial photos in August
I flew my drone over the homestead yesterday. Interesting to compare to when I did so in June and back in April and March. Let’s begin with an angled aerial shot of the apple trees in the field, the...
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Measuring tree heights
Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. Here’s a post about this last year. Once again, the incremental growth...
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Aerial photos in October
I flew my drone today; the first time since the end of August. Previous flights this year included June, April, and March. This time, some nice fall foliage. A view of the shop, veggie garden, chicken...
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