Re: Life On The Hill
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:50 pm
It is fall and I am again in the process of sucking up leaves. I have gotten 32 cart load sucked up so far. I normally get about 52 loads so I am well over 1/2 way done. The weather has been unusually warm here in Pa this fall, so it has not been a problem to get them up. The apple trees are all mulched. I lost a mature apple tree this year, the trunk split and it fell over. I have several other mature trees that have started to lean and I have tried to support them with 4X4's . We will see how that works. I am not too optimistic. Replanted some paw paw trees. One took a long time to leaf out, but it is growing now. We will see if it makes it through the winter. The other nut tree I planted a few years ago are all growing and doing well. The pecans are to the top of the plastic tubes I planted the with, I am letting the tubes on because of the deer. I have been putting most of the leaves into a pile in the corner of the garden, I will use them in my next double dug bed that I started yesterday. My goal was to have the entire garden double dug by now, but I have one more section to complete after this one. So now that I am an old man I will have all the rocks out of my garden lol. It has been a labor of love, but now it is starting to feel like work. No other major project here this year, I have been just sitting back and enjoying the view.