Well, looks like hot summer has taken its toll on a lot of the weeds but not on the broomweed and ragweed (at least that’s what I assume they are). While an important part of land restoration I have started mowing these as well before they go into flower...
WildLife Activities
Parent class of all wildlife activities
Stocking Tank
Decided to add fish to the water tank. We added catfish, perch and minnows.
Seeding/Weed Control
As part of wildlife and land restoration we control and sowing of native seeds is part of our program. We want to minimize use of poisons in order to protect wildlife and trees, but I am not sure how much we can accomplish without applying poison. For now we...
Pond Restoration – Images
Took some macro photos of insects and bugs in wildflowers growing along edge of newly restored pond edge. Amazing how much life there is in such a little space!
Supplemental Water
The pond restoration has been pretty successful and water level, while dropping, is looking good. Unfortunately the rainfall has not been sufficient to keep the supplemental water tanks that harvest rain water full so we had to fill these ourselves – actually a fun job with everyone getting wet...
Turkeys – Aug 2012
Looks like we have had a pretty successful breeding year for the turkeys. Seems to be way more baby chicks than last year – could be due to early spring rain? Rough count shows somewhere between 40 and 50 babies between two crops. Attached pictures show one such crop.
Reseed effort
While wildflowers are looking really pretty at the moment we still have a lot of weeds – I am assured this is all part of the restoration process. Already after only one year we can see a lot of native grasses starting to pop up. One of our challenges...
Bird Sanctuary
Over spring we have been trying to control weeds all across property including the birding designated area. We are also wanting to plant native trees, grasses and shrubs in this area (concentrated planting) to help attract different species of birds. The chosen area is close (right above) the water...
Bird Feeders
Climbed into the bird feeders this morning. Cleaning and fixing them up. The Squirrels (we have eyewitness accounts) are pretty tough on the feeders. The turkey feeder must be allowing water in as there was a shallow layer of ‘mushy’ seed. Didn’t seem to stop the birds though. Cleaned...
Thistle control
May 14th, another section mowed – this area was totally dominated by thich wall of thistle. This will most probably be last time I can mow in this area as the other flowers are starting to pop up and we don’t want to loose their seed.