Monday, June 4, 2012

Death of a Tree

Today is a sad day. I was not able to watch the guys yank the big old May tree out of the ground. We tried to save it when we built the addition, but it's right where the drain for house run-off needs to go. Here is where the tree formerly grew and the handsome young man that did the dirty work. Everybody looks young to me these days.


This is a shot of the lower section of our property where the moose likes to keep her newborns. The remains of the May tree are in the right foreground. It was dropped over the embankment in pieces and I suppose will help protect the area from further erosion. In the mid-ground around the standing tree is all the dirt that sloughed off the bluff this spring which prompted all this concern for drainage on the property. 


It's already June but still so cold the perennials are reluctant to open their flowers. Equisetum (horsetails) is growing like crazy, as is the rhubarb. If I liked making rhubarb pies or jam I'd be in business. I don't expect many raspberries again this year as the moose ate all last years growth almost to the ground.



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