Summer can be hot, humid, and somewhat oppressive; however, with a hammock and the sounds of birds, it can also be a slice of heaven. Most of the little woods is still wild and full of vines choking trees. Sr. has be hard at work to turn some of it into a park. For my and my hammock's benefit, for sure, but also to take down the vines that are trying to kill the trees. Where the vines have been removed, the trees are definitely showing signs of improved growth.
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Trees in the wild parts being engulfed by vines. |
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Wild parts that are mostly impassable to people and filled with ticks! |
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Park-like area where I can hang with my hammock and the dogs. |
Leaving some of it wild, however, provides food and cover for the rabbits that like to taunt the dogs. Also provides cover and browse for the deer that like to visit. Alas, it also provides habitat for the adorable but stinky skunks.
Flowers are starting to really come into their own this time of year. Little yellow Rudbeckias are beginning to bloom around the edges of the woods. Passion flowers are blooming among the weeds. Queen Ann's Lace is starting to set seed. And a few Honey Suckle blooms can be spotted here and there.
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Passion Flower. |
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Grows everywhere. |
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Queen Ann's Lace going to seed. |
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Unknown weed similar to Queen Ann's lace in flower form,
but much smaller and with different leaves. |
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Comfrey - hey, I actually planted this one! |
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Blooms about 1 1/2 inches across -
going to be an explosion of yellow under the trees soon. |
Some say that the power lines are an eye-sore, but I have come to see them as protection from suburbia coming too close. The tree line on the left is 75 feet from the middle of the power lines - the closest they can build on the neighboring property. Our fence line on the right is 75 feed from the middle of the power lines - the closest we can have trees or other structures. That means that, should the wild acres next door to us be sold, the closes they can build houses to us is 150 feet. I'm hoping that is enough buffer to protect our little bit of paradise.
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