Been quite an exercise with many hours spent by youth of local Hill Country Gateway youth in removal of old barns. We plan on using the wood in and around the new house we intend to build.
WildLife Activities
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New Trees
Dug 15 holes for trees and planted three new Arroyo (Sweetwood) trees which are dwarfed by surrounding trees but should help attract birds and add color.
Turkey feed
Boy, the turkeys do gobble up food. Had to add several bags of seed again today. Boys were along to help their Dad.
Broomweed
While it may look pretty when it flower, Broomweed is terrible on the allergies (at least ours). End of last year the broom weed was so plentiful that when the wind blew there was this swath of yellow dust. With the drought this year the broom weed is definitely...
Filling water feed
A tad late on this posting (28 September 2011) – time to fill up the water tanks again, both of them have seen lots of visitors and it was time for a clean out and fill ’em up. As there were no implements attached to the tractor I decided...
Apple block and Porcupine
Was out with Duane this morning to add a apple block to a post to see if I could attract the woodpeckers helping them in this dry period as well as increase some photo opportunities. The block has six nails to hold up to 6 apples. I have heard...
Armadillo
Met this little guy by the gate this weekend. It was very skittish and I just managed to get a photograph.
Clearing Brush Piles
Land has been well cleared of cedar trees but there were lots of brush piles. Way more than we wanted to burn or cart off. I thought of hiring a shredder but the effort would have been enormous – we counted in total 52 brush piles. We brought in...
Turkey Feeder
Had the boys in town this weekend so decided to move the turkey feeder and add some supplemental food and water for turkeys and other critters.
Morning Bird shoot
Didn’t quite get out as early as we wanted to but still had a fun time with Noleen with some “early” morning bird watching. We are glad that birds and critters have found the water pan – hopefully it brings at least a little relief from this heat and...