23.1 Master Cedar
What will be happy under and around the cedar, that will enhance the guild health and perhaps provide food or pleasing sights or scents for the humans?
Winter, central missouri
Standing by the large juniper I call the Master Cedar the sun sets in the forest behind the upper pond. The Master Cedar is thick with new growth, providing a home for a spider.
Standing by the large juniper I call the Master Cedar the sun sets in the forest behind the upper pond.
Blizzard of 2011 dumped a lot of snow on Mt. Pleasant in central Missouri. The wind moved it around, bare spots here, huge drifts there.
The juniper berries on the master cedar come back every year, some years quite a bit more than others.
Easter Sunrise
This one hasn't been treated for weather yet...
This one hasn't been treated for weather yet...
The mobile in front contains two wisteria vine trunks, a bush honeysuckle root mass and some driftwood from the Missouri river. This mobile has no treatment on the wood other than cleaning, trimming, and sealant on the cut ends. The other mobile has some oak pieces, some plumbing pipe and a bell.
Mobile 04 The mobile in front contains two wisteria vine trunks, a bush honeysuckle root mass and some driftwood from the Missouri river. This mobile has no treatment on the wood other than cleaning, trimming, and sealant on the cut ends. The other mobile has some oak pieces, some plumbing pipe and a bell.
The mobile in front contains two wisteria vine trunks, a bush honeysuckle root mass and some driftwood from the Missouri river. This mobile has no treatment on the wood other than cleaning, trimming, and sealant on the cut ends. The other mobile has some oak pieces, some plumbing pipe and a bell.
The mobile in front contains two wisteria vine trunks, a bush honeysuckle root mass and some driftwood from the Missouri river. This mobile has no treatment on the wood other than cleaning, trimming, and sealant on the cut ends. Also visible behind is mobile 3.
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.
This one is a mix of metal and wood. It does tinkle a bit if the wind is strong enough.
Mobile 02 This mobile has so far proven to be quite flexible. I can rearrange the hanging items in different orders without throwing the balance off much at all.
This mobile has so far proven to be quite flexible. I can rearrange the hanging items in different orders without throwing the balance off much at all.
This mobile has so far proven to be quite flexible. I can rearrange the hanging items in different orders without throwing the balance off much at all.
This mobile has so far proven to be quite flexible. I can rearrange the hanging items in different orders without throwing the balance off much at all.
Mobile 03 This one is a mix of metal and wood. It does tinkle a bit if the wind is strong enough.
This one is a mix of metal and wood. It does tinkle a bit if the wind is strong enough. The J pipe does collect water when it rains and tilts it to that side a bit.
Detail of the hanging hook -- iron strap with rubber inside between it and the branch.
Detail of the hanging hook -- iron strap with rubber inside between it and the branch.
This pretty looking vine seems to be lost. There's an oak another few inches out of the frame to the left, but it's poking around to the southwest instead of checking out east.
OP 07 Flagpole 20150621
