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Post by billw on Apr 29, 2013 10:20:32 GMT -5
Is that gorse in the back ground Bill Yeah, acres and acres of it. We live next to a high school that has been abandoned for 40 years and they used it as a landscaping plant. It was pretty bad when we got here, but seven years ago, the county decided to sell the property and came in and mowed down the fields, which had been untouched for decades. Taller native trees and shrubs (and Himalayan blackberry) kept the gorse in check to some degree. But, once they cut it all down, the gorse came back with a vengeance and suppressed everything else. Now, it has completely taken over the grounds, such that you can't even find a path through it anymore and it towers eight feet tall along my back fence line, spitting its seeds in ever greater quantities onto my property. You can see it growing along roadsides a few miles in every direction, which also wasn't the case when we moved here ten years ago. But I guess I looks kind of pretty in spring.  |
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Post by petitvilaincanard on Apr 29, 2013 12:04:35 GMT -5
Hi Bunk
Indeed,they look supersmart those ducks.
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Post by richardw on Apr 29, 2013 14:42:29 GMT -5
Is that gorse in the back ground Bill Yeah, acres and acres of it. We live next to a high school that has been abandoned for 40 years and they used it as a landscaping plant. It was pretty bad when we got here, but seven years ago, the county decided to sell the property and came in and mowed down the fields, which had been untouched for decades. Taller native trees and shrubs (and Himalayan blackberry) kept the gorse in check to some degree. But, once they cut it all down, the gorse came back with a vengeance and suppressed everything else. Now, it has completely taken over the grounds, such that you can't even find a path through it anymore and it towers eight feet tall along my back fence line, spitting its seeds in ever greater quantities onto my property. You can see it growing along roadsides a few miles in every direction, which also wasn't the case when we moved here ten years ago. But I guess I looks kind of pretty in spring. Bad pest plant in this country as well,there's been a weevil introduced that eats the summer seeds but because of the weevil life cycle it doesn't get the winter seed,more recently they bought in a spider mite that only lives on gorse and this seems to be making a bid difference as we dont see as much gorse as we used to. |
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Post by bunkie on May 12, 2013 10:50:16 GMT -5
Thanks petitvil!   |
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Post by bunkie on May 16, 2013 10:28:11 GMT -5
And, 2013 gardening season begins...  Cookies and baked oatmeal from last year's fruit for the tiller man...   Hummers are back...  Hawk on pole, and bird on treetop...  Sammy watching over his duckies...  pete and sammy after a long day...  |
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Post by 12540dumont on May 16, 2013 11:49:59 GMT -5
Can you send cookies to Steev?
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Post by bunkie on May 21, 2013 12:06:43 GMT -5
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Post by bunkie on Jun 2, 2013 11:54:08 GMT -5
The duckies had a visitor in their pond this morning...  I think he caught a frog...  Bye...  |
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Post by steev on Jun 2, 2013 22:07:17 GMT -5
Frogs hate to have lunch with a heron, 'cause they always get stuck with the bill (drum-shot!).
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Post by bunkie on Jun 11, 2013 10:44:01 GMT -5
Hmmm...went to let the ducks out of their pond area this morning, and could only count 10. Ten. TEN. Running around in a panic, I discovered this...I thought we only had one broody hen and one nest. I was right about the one nest!!!  |
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Post by richardw on Jun 11, 2013 14:44:00 GMT -5
You dont see that very often
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Post by wolfcub on Jun 11, 2013 15:19:09 GMT -5
As always love to see your pictures always brings a smile to my face. Envy the pink wheelbarrow so girlie Cheers Marj
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 11, 2013 21:59:35 GMT -5
Now all you need is a pink mac and some pink wellies!
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Post by bunkie on Jun 12, 2013 11:12:33 GMT -5
Right on Holly!
Wolfcub, girlie for sure!
Richardw, I've never seen two in a nest either! Was very surprized!
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Post by steev on Jun 12, 2013 21:51:23 GMT -5
Your ducks are Communests!
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