Wompwomps

At Vassar the kids call woodchucks wompwomps--why I don't know.  I call them marmots.

Hickory & Cherry

Trees are going down today!  Hope they know what they are doing.  The trees are about 100 ft high and near the house.

deer proof shade loving!

Just out at the shed planting some new ferns (from Wayside Gardens).  Also transplanted 4 hosta to a more anti-deer friendly location.  Will use Connie's deer proofing formula to preserve the hosta.  It's almost time to start trimming all the plants for fall.  The dogwood tree is turning red already!

Trees

We are having 2 large trees in our backyard cut down on Monday.  One is a wild cherry and the other is hickory.  Wish we could mill the lumber but it will make excellent firewood for the fireplace insert and keep us warm this year and next.  The trees are so large that they will need to put an industrial crane in our driveway and work it over the house.   This is our backyard.  The 2 trees on the right will be cut down.  This was several years ago.  They are way bigger now.