Trees cut, windows washed, gutters cleaned and deplugged! Our fall ' to do' list keeps growing. First of all each Sept. we need to walk the lot and look for pine beetle infestations. If infested the trees need to be taken down while the beetles are still in the larva stage (they are harder to kill as they get bigger). The Co. State Forest Service came and gave us info and tagged two tree. Arn and Tyler already have them down and the wood is in the sun and drying. We have two possible people who will take the wood. One tree (really a half tree since it broke during the last heavy snow) is already dead so we left it as a wildlife tree (basically to give woodpeckers someplace to peck). Wednesday the gutter/window guy was here all day, washed the windows inside and out and cleaned all the gutters. Sadly it won't last....every spring the yellow pine pollen flies and pine needles are continually dropping. At least we are closer to being ready for winter. We also planted a couple of new bushes, one to add some interest to the side of the garage and the other to camoflauge the well cap. I plan on posting pics of the newly planted bushes so I keep up with their progress. The lady at Tagawa (garden center) said to plant them in our soil without any additions. Our soil is awful so it will surprise me if they grow.
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