It’s been a pretty decent year for wildflowers but not as much as expected although we are still seeing flowers pop up here and there. Amazing the diversity and how each year is different.
WildLife Activities
Parent class of all wildlife activities
Mulching
We did some extensive cleanup of Live Oak trees over a full four day period as I was concerned on the summer/drought stress they had gone through. During our severe winds, several trees in surrounding area were blown over and on looking a little closer at them I noticed...
Bird Feeders
Cleaned and repaired bird feeders.
Burn breaks – Aug 31
Remowed 18′ burn break around the property perimeter. Also mowed 18′ burn break across width and length of property (dividing property into 4 quadrants).
Strip Mowing – Aug 26
Managed to get couple of acres mowed (east side of south/western quadrant) and around the stock tank which is now looking much better.
Wildlife photos, out and about – Aug
Wildlife photos – butterfly area
Just north of old barns amongst cedar and live oak trees is a shaded area that holds water and is proving to be a popular hangout for butterflies.
Trail Camera setup
Clean, added new batteries and installed trail camera on western side of stock tank for monitoring of animals.
Supplemental Feeding – Aug 18
Cleaned out, checked sealing, filled in hole in base of feeder and added 150lbs milo seed for turkey.
Watering trees/shrubs – Aug 17
Watered 2014 and 2013 planted trees and shrubs – lack of rain and freezing winter have been tough on young plants but so far all are doing well with no losses to report.