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.
Land restoration – 2014
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...
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.
April Strip Mowing
Managed to get some serious tractor seat time in. So far estimate around 20 acres mowed this year.
Blue Bonnets – April 2014
Have bluebonnets coming up in several places – East of Stock Tank and South of large Pecan Tree on far West side of property.
Sowing Seed – Jan/March
January saw some serious effort in sowing of seed. Sections by Pecan Tree and Stock tank were mowed really low then I ran the disc harrow several times with criss-cross pattern. Discing was kept less than 2 inches to reduce bringing up dormant weeds. Area was left to settle...
March Strip Mowing
I’ve been a little slack on updating blog so decided to try play catch up today – sadly the Internet is really quirky today so let’s see how it goes. With early rainfall this season the grass and weeds are doing really well and weed control is a balance...