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Walked out on the east deck one morning in May 2007 and spotted some activity through the brush over on the berm. Pair of young foxes playing.
7 4 Willow Blackberry guild in context
Black Locust in Bloom, upper pond Black locust in bloom
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The dancing ladies in bloom
Carried the 17 foot rail to stairs and set up to see how it will work.
Typical cloudy morning sunrise -- there is a brief peek at the sun through the trees after it comes up over the Mark Twain national forest and before it ascends into the clouds.
Typical cloudy morning sunrise -- there is a brief peek at the sun through the trees after it comes up over the Mark Twain national forest and before it ascends into the clouds.
Walking from the house to the workshop the other morning, fortunately in my boots, I hit metal not far from the clothes rack. I had hit it something there the day before and thought it was a bald cypress knee, but they have been quite good about keeping their knees away from the areas I mow. I stopped to investigate and discovered the very top of this rod. Have no idea what it is what it might be doing here. Dug down but even then it is still a lot longer and still pretty firmly stuck. This is the area where another garden bed may be, and at least the soil horizons here about the same as the other places in the kitchen garden -- couple inches of darker brown rich soil turning to lighter brown clay mud that hold waster a day or two.
They didn't notice me at first and were romping around which is how I noticed them. I started taking pictures and the shutter sound decided them to get moving. Could this be the same pair of foxes I saw over on the east border berm a couple years ago?
When I clicked the shutter to take the first picture, they immediately scampered off. This is not fox walking. In fact is was rather noisy runnng, crashing through bushes. But as soon as they were out of sight, no more noise, no idea which way they went.
Several of these orange guys out today.
Step one: lay them out and make sure there is enough. Step two will be digging them in about half way, so the path is about 2 inches above ground level.
