Sorry Lorax...



The tree removal process is going on day 3 now. We will certainly have plenty of firewood this winter, and probably next winter too!!! E is out there in the 90 degree heat hauling logs around with the pick up and the utility tractor. It'll take a while to stack everything in one place, but an hour or so every night should do it. It is much brighter around the front of the house but we still have a nice hedgerow, many of the large trees, and the dogwoods and hollies which will no doubt take off now that they have more sun without the heavy canopy. The goats are the most affected - they never were ones to sit in the shade of the maples by their pasture, but we'll see if they seem hot without it. I'm going to check out the clearance prices at Agway on their big potted fruit trees - maybe plant one now next to their pasture. Knowing baby could literally arrive any second makes me wary of tackling anything too involved!

We also have mountains of wood-chips too, so those will go to mulch the landscaped area out front, which has really suffered this summer....since we don't use herbicides, the weeds have really gotten out of control since there's nothing there but mulch. My plan is to have E mow really close to the ground, then haul over massive loads of the mulch and spread a foot or so over everything, then later this summer my mom and I will fill in the area with decent size perennials so that there's less room for weeds next year. I'd love to have it more defined then just seed it over with grass, maybe even add a boxwood shrub border but we'll have to see. OK, I promised E I would wash and package eggs before we go food shopping. Ciao!

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Posted: Sat - June 25, 2005 at 06:05 PM        

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