July 2016 Chronological
Worked on a number of projects that didn't get completed, and, in fact I'm only getting around to posting these in September.
Central purple hearts in Queen Anne's Lace
They aren't always as obvious as this one.
Some creature died here, probably last night.
Fur indicates it might have been a squirrel. Perhaps one of the cats got it, but could also have been a fox. Whatever it was didn't care for intestines. Dogs took a sniff and lost interest...
Well, almost ripe. Bit on the tart side at this point.
Plenty more coming along.
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Started raining before dawn and continued off and on all day. Perhaps another inch or two.
Near here is where there is a culvert going under the drive and draining into the neighbour's place to the left. If there is any volume of rain, there will be puddles here.
Near here is where there is a culvert going under the drive and draining into the neighbour's place to the left. If there is any volume of rain, there will be puddles here.
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From about an hour after sunrise till and hour before sunset, not really all day. Eventually replace with a trellis and espaliered fruit and whatever will grow best in full sun.
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Fresh cut black walnut branch. The bark is tight, but once loosened it pulls off easily. Very clear rings, indicating that three years ago it was just a twig. This was cut from a tree next to the drive. This particular branch was cut off because it was now hanging over one side of the driveway tracks. Only a slight bit of the red center showing in this image.
The young black walnut branch bark is smooth and has lots of lenticals (sp?). On the right is a peeled hackberry branch.
Bark comes off the black walnut in long thick strips. Underneath is smooth and hard, except for many little spikes where perhaps new twigs were getting ready to burst out. The surface under the bark is very slimy and slick.
With a bit of care, was able to get some strips of the walnut bark to come out close to the same width. Used some wax thread to bind it and see how it dries.
Trying out the shepard's crook jig with the black walnut without heating since it bends by hand ok. Heard a bit of crack when I finally got the last clamp in place. I need different clamping arrangement. I need the clamp not to swivel, but instead to fit over the roundness of the branch. The metal strip helps some, I couldn't come up with a decent way of clamping that works well.
Water only stays a day at most after a rain, unless it remains very cloudy. The post may have had electric to it at one point, but I can't find the wires inside that lead to it. I think that perhaps the best would be some kind of solar LED under and a bird feeder on top. In the meantime, have a second very healthy growth of ragweed.
The guardian pine no longer has bush honeysuckle, but plenty of native growth around it.
Wheel Barrow rain gauge overlfowed
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Wheel Barrow rain gauge overlfowed
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Still damp from initial bark removal and scraping. No cracks.
"Death and love -- they're just ideas anyway. They change depending onhow we think about them. Don't get stuck in ideas Even the best ideas -- ideas about love -- aren't real." Elizabeth Percer, "All Stories Are Love Stories"
This particular black locust had pods just turned from green to a reddish color. Seems to be rapidly changing from there to the brown grey they will be when dried. I don't recall ever seeing this particular shade of pinkish red before, though I'm sure it marks some important chemical change going on. Or as I've been reading, an electrical change also.
Slathered a layer of poly on the gandalf stick.
