Another leave draws to a close, and we’ve had a very busy time. The local power company had subcontractors in our property doing ‘maintenance’, clearing trees and branches that had potential to damage the power lines. Needless to say, at the end of it there was a lot of mess to clean up. To be fair, the subcontractors did a reasonable job with the time that the power company gave them, but there was still a mess. We deided to make the best of a bad situation and do some changes alongside the remedial work.
We moved the access road closer to, and over to the other side of the power line to reclaim some land where the road had been originally.
The areas on either side of the stream, under the power lines have been cleared and profiled better to better allow ground cover growth.
The area around the ’roundabout tree’ has been leveled to get rid of some low spots that held water. Despite the fact that the tree is dying, the power company refused to take it down, even though we would have been happy for them to do that. We will have to get it taken down ourselves in the near future.
Out on the east end of the pond road, we have a little bench made of stacked concrete blocks and 2×4’s. Not pretty, but when you’re out of breath going up the hill, it can be a welcoming respite under the shade of a small Witch Hazel tree.
After fixing the damage to the roads, we had our Excavator create a pad near the Fire-Pit Stone Circle so that, at a later date, we can put a small Pavilion on it.
Closer to the pond, we also had him create a small pad for our Scotty Sportsman Travel Trailer.
The crossover road survived most of the carnage from the Power Company, even if the entrance to it was opened up a bit. Melisa’s favourite view of it remains unchanged.
Aside from the excavation work, things continued to grow in the Lavender field. Even though Melisa got a lot done while I was gone, we still had a lot to harvest, and got a fair amount of it done this leave.
Of course, there is always more to do. The weed pulling is a continuous task, and some of the thyme varieties have proven to be more leggy and invasive than we had expected.
But even when the sun sets, and the little solar lights start to come on, it’s still very peaceful and beautiful. I never tire of seeing this.
The benches in the Lavender field are a little more aesthetic and comfortable than the block bench out on the pond road!
They are also scattered all over, each with their own individual view.
I’ll finish the post with some obligatory critter pictures….
Thanks to us allowing the milk weed to flourish in certain spots, we have had loads of Monarch Butterflies this season.
This little fella, scared the snot out of Melisa when she was trimming some of the Lavenders. He was carefully relocated away from the plants where we were working.
On a more domesticated note, last week we had the Doe Kids, so here are the Three Amigos, the goat buck kids. From left to right, Blue Curacao, Ghost Pepper, and Fiesta’s Mocha.
