Lack of rain has been the big news here and with the wildlife as well. Not only is it dry, but hot too and when the ground dries out the temperature of the soil rises. Often I think that the high soil temperature is what destroys young plants more than the drought. Anyway, food for thought.
The usual routine is to feed the deer the table vegetable cuttings, plus a bit of sweet feed, and of course water. The challenge with water is to keep the raccoons from using it as a swimming hole.
Hauled two loads of brush to the pile, which is starting to recover the size it needs to be in order to shelter the wildlife.
Wildflowers are quite scarce due to the lack of rain.
No trees have shown up as a result of the planting of at least 100 acorns. This is definitely one subject we will have to research more to find out why they will not get started. As a result, we have concluded that the cover of the land in the area today is about what it looked like 100 years ago, as not new tree growth has occurred.
Bought one bag of sweet feed, 6 gallons of diesel fuel and one 20 lb sack of sunflower seeds.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
June 2019 Activity
The animals have there sights set on getting the mustang grapes before we do, but I am not going to bet on who wins.
Hauled two loads of brush to the main brush pile.
It appears that we had one doe produce two fawns as the fawns are always together with the one doe
I forgot to mention last fall that we had three bucks dueling with their horns in the back yard. Never did get a picture, dang it.
I have not seen "hide nor hair" of any of the bur oaks acorns planted last fall. However I did stick on in a pot in the breezeway and it has sprouted and making a nice tree. Conditions are harsh here in central Texas with regard to sprouting new trees. I think that these conditions are so typical that if one were to transport back in time, the trees that are here were here then and the open areas were open then. Its tough for natural propagation of trees. That make conservation of trees we already have so important.
Hauling water to the watering trough for all the wildlife.
We need rain.
Hauled two loads of brush to the main brush pile.
It appears that we had one doe produce two fawns as the fawns are always together with the one doe
I forgot to mention last fall that we had three bucks dueling with their horns in the back yard. Never did get a picture, dang it.
I have not seen "hide nor hair" of any of the bur oaks acorns planted last fall. However I did stick on in a pot in the breezeway and it has sprouted and making a nice tree. Conditions are harsh here in central Texas with regard to sprouting new trees. I think that these conditions are so typical that if one were to transport back in time, the trees that are here were here then and the open areas were open then. Its tough for natural propagation of trees. That make conservation of trees we already have so important.
Hauling water to the watering trough for all the wildlife.
We need rain.
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