The farm and garden cleanup is continuing and the brush pile at the back of our pasture is growing. I’m starting to see progress! I got the old Farmall involved yesterday and yarded a couple of decent pine logs around to the sawmill pile.
We have a pile of 100+ year old, very rustic (nails and all) eastern hemlock boards that we replaced during the big barn roof re-building. We’ve saved a few for posterity, but the rest have to go. Just for fun, I listed them on FB Marketplace yesterday and got five of six time-wasting replies, but haven’t moved a board yet!
There is a worrisome pest in some of our mature eastern white pine trees and we have lost five in the past ten years. It’s a burrowing beetle and we’re researching some control options. Every bulletin I’ve read so far lists site cleanup and removal of dead trees as the first step, even stump grinding and soil drenching. We have a nice micro-forest coming along on that side of the property, so we want to get this under control.
It’s Apple Blossom Weekend here in the Annapolis Valley, so lots of community events are underway and the fruit trees are in bloom, right on schedule. We’re taking in the annual Woodville Chicken Barbeque this afternoon, a great venue for catching up with friends and neighbours.
It’s Memorial Day down south. “Happy..” doesn’t seem to fit, but I hope it’s a good one and everyone is able to pay tribute in the way of their choosing.
Safe travels.