We Found A Fence – and a Composted Composter
It was such a lovely day yesterday, our friend Richard and I were lured into the wilderness and absorbed with clearing the fence row beside Crowder House. Oddly, after months of home renovations, gardening – if cutting back thick dead vines can be called such – was refreshing and addictive.
For some reason our camera is inadequate when photographing the wilderness that once engulfed Crowder House. We have two video clips that provide some insight into the foliage that once seemed to block out the surrounding world. The first depicts some of the back yard and fence line and the second is a shaky jaunt through the front yard.
There was a particularly virulent vine that had crept over everything possible, including the house, the fence and many trees, ultimately killing a number of our barked friends. The roots on this beast were remarkable. Of the thicker vines we were able to remove from the fence row, one is pictured here to the right in my hand for some perspective. The vine had woven itself many times around the fence and up to the top of trees taller than our house. A pine tree still looks deciduous thanks to the leafy covering of the vine. One lost tree that Richard chopped continued to stand after axing given the brace the many vines had created.
Below are some shots of the fence as it is today. The first on the left is the area where we stopped. The post in the middle of the shot is part of the fence – everything in front was cleaned, the rest is what awaits us. We were quite impressed with the condition of the fence. All things considered, it is in very good shape. We also have a much clearer view of the field – I use the term loosely – on the other side. Now the questions of what to do in that space have begun to arise (garden or orchard?). The last picture shows the the fence row and in the foreground the pile of foliage we collected in that spot.
Some additional footage of our work: the first is as close as you will ever come to a picture of me on this blog, the second is of Richard and I going about the clearing, the last of Richard and his pile of refuse.
Jason Taylor was also out over the weekend and finished clearing the front lawn of all the many things hidden there – including rotten boards from gardens long lost.
The Man loves finding the forgotten things strewn about the property. Perhaps because he always seems to stumble upon Muskoka chairs and picnic tables. My discovery over the weekend was a composted composter that looked as if it had burst forth its contents some time ago.
“No comments to date…..hmmm…..no point in carefully staging these photo shoots, I guess.”
Signed: TerMANator
No, and you have been up there like that for days!!!