Rare bird alert
September 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Probably one of the rarest species you’ll find: Lawn-mowing ex-New Yorker. This is Josh taking his new John Deere lawn mower for its inaugural mow. He’s only cutting part of our big yard, which is very dusty and dry because these parts haven’t seen any rain for several weeks. Higher up on our somewhat sloping property are several indigenous daisy plants, morning glories, and some other flowering weeds that I plan to leave alone, eventually (once it starts raining again) adding more native and drought-tolerant plants so we don’t feel obligated to mow. We’re also going to fence most of the back to give Happy a giant play field.
The yard is bordered by tall trees, including pines, ash, maples (some of which have self-seeded in our yard), and holly. This morning we spotted a Northern Flicker, and there are always lots of Cardinals hopping around the brushy parts. Haven’t gotten the feeders up yet (I know, what the heck am I waiting for, right?). Too much wall painting, blind hanging, box unpacking, shed buying getting in the way, but I hope to get to it by the weekend.
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1 Birdscapes // Sep 11, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Awesome! Rare bird maybe, but he seems to fit right into the new territory.
How much land do you have? Reminds me of my Pittsburgh house — a third of an acre if it were flat, but probably 3/4 of an acre when you have to mow it due to the STEEP slope.
Sounds like you have a fantastic start on native gardening. Have fun with it!
2 Iris // Sep 11, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Today we had a shed delivered via flatbed truck. Josh is totally stoked about having a shed.
Our “land” is exactly .602 acres, according to the official survey sitting on my desk. Not the huge 6.5 acres we almost bought, but big enough to feel fairly daunting. It gradually slopes up on the back half, which is where I plan to go native, plantwise. I’ve convinced Josh that I need a manual reel mower so I can keep the slope tidy-ish without accidentally mowing the stuff I want to keep. He was just happy not to have to mow the whole bit.