In the summer, the south deck is mostly hidden behind the bald cypress trees. The pines are in an area called the circle and the distant cedar is called the split cedar. In the midle distance right is a pile that will become a bonfire at an appropriate time. The field was mowed in a spiral early last summer and we may try that again if we get reasonably even grown. Bunches of black locust coming up that need immediate removal if this is to remain a field. Chop and drop them over along the edges to add to the biomass.
door to the field from the twin cedar classroom.
I have let the lower brnches ot the cedars do what they want to do, which is spread out. Whihc makes mowing impossible, but which also provides a nice little edge micro ecology. Home to bunches of local and invasive plants and tiny animals that eat plants and other animals that eat those animals and on and on. Since this is a classroom, I do take it upon myself to declare war on poison ivy, bush honey suckle and thorny plants. But otherwise I want that over winter home provided by the dragging skirts of these two cedars.
Log pile at the forest edge (8.2)
This log pile is near the eastern edge of the rest, with a few smaller trees that have come up since the pile was created when the lagoon was created. The forest edge is a great place to find the richest diversity of life -- including ticks.