I was headed to the dollar general down the road today when i noticed this zigzag line that curved around…it was a patch of tree tops that had turned brown surrounded by all the other green ones. It wasnt autumn yet. No cold weather had made these leaves turn. This meant the trees must have …
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Town Meeting
4 new subdivisions. A liquor store. A bar. A 24 hour gym. A gelato/wine/panini/antique shop. An art gallery. A new animal shelter. an expanded sewer and water line. I have a pit in my stomach. I had planned to fight to hold onto what i love until the end but take the wilderness and there’s …
A Garden Update
The trees are growing, especially the pomegranate tree. The plants in the green house need more sun so i contacted an electrician about running electricity to the greenhouse and making several outlets to plug grow lights into above the windows. Right now those plants grow pretty slowly but i stand by my decision to not …
New Growth
Over the next month everything began to come out of its winter dormancy and begin producing new leaves and flowers. The new trees that looked like bare sticks when i bought them produced buds and sprouted leaves. The old trees came back as well. Even the muscat grape vine returned. It was the last to …
Reviving the Orchard
Every spring i begin with a certain amount of fruit trees and by the following spring i have less. The winters are difficult for young trees to survive. I made myself two rules. Nothing citrus or tropical. No mandarin, lemon, or avocado trees. Also, nothing so young that its roots wont be deep enough to …
The Noises of Nightfall
Last night i turned in to the sound of a howling coyote. The night before to the hum and buzz of a thousand junebugs taking flight in their odd and clumsy way. Tonight, it was the gobble of a wild turkey. Ever present are the screams of hungry longhorns looking for their evening meal to …
The Pin Oak
As Autumn draws to a conclusion and winter begins the pin oak is just now changing colors. it’s been a warm year. The trees as well as the chickens are confused.
Split Trees
So i had all the oaks on the property treated for oak wilt back in july in order to halt the spread when i learned the cluster of seven trees i use as a carport during storms was infected. Three of those trees are recovering fairly well with new baby leaves all over their branches. …
The Plan for the Oak Trees
Now that spring is in full force over here (though the dry rainless conditions may have stunted the flower and grass growth a bit) i can finally see which parts of the oak trees on the property came back and which parts are definitely dead due to icepocalypse a little over a year ago. Last …
A Miscellaneous Update
Though things are rather uncertain at the moment, Sili and Cashew are unaware and living their best life on the land. They are operating business as usual while i stress and fret over work and school and sometimes that’s very helpful. i cancelled our subscription to the fedex food delivery service. The price for foods …