Life On and Off an Acreage

In-sights into moving from an Acreage back to Town, plus a few things I find of interest.

Two things that horses are scared about:


1. Things that move
2. Things that don't move




Old enough to be eccentric, but not rich enough

October 17, 2012

A Nice Fall Day

It was a really nice day, with the ground drying up from the previous snow. It was too windy to ride a horse, but I did get a good ride yesterday. The fall colours are great, except most of the leaves are now off the trees. It was a good day to clean up the dry gulley to the left of the first picture and below.

 I am trying to encourage grass to grow in the area, but am fighting the dogwood shrubs and a whole bunch of willow suckers that just sort of refuse to die off. In the spring, if they come up again, it's time to hit them with a herbicide, much as I hate to do it. I am also clearing out the old dead-falls that I didn't clean up a couple of years ago. I don't like the balsam poplar trees much, as they don't dry out and are very heavy. They call them Bam  trees in this area, but I think it should be spelled with a "D".
There are still a few areas to finish cleaning up before the major snow fall hits on Saturday. The weather gurus have been wrong before, and I hope they are wrong again! I need some more horse time in before it gets slippery.

6 comments:

  1. I bet you will have some snow soon!

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  2. Arggghhhh your wind is coming down our way tomorrow... brrrr... at least it's not the Canadian Express yet!

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  3. I feel tension for you!! Can only imagine what it is like to have to rush around to get chores done while I can still SEE the ground! But, that snow is so beautiful!

    Lana

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  4. Ohhh the snow... hope you get your horse time in before it does arrive.

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  5. That looks like prime goat land, goats love the brushy stuff .....

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