56\u00a0 bar falls 29.73 4mph dew-point 29\u00a0\u00a0 Beltane, sunny and cool<\/p>\n
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Cut down three blooming buckthorns before they could fruit.\u00a0 This radically changes the seed distribution pattern. My goal is to get to each one just before it blooms and whack it down, paint it with brush-b-gone and monitor the site for the next 3-4 years.\u00a0 Also finally cut down the rather large green ash that had long prevented the truck gate from opening all the way.\u00a0 The tree came down more easily than I had imagined.\u00a0 It had grown into the chain link and I thought I might only be able to cut part way through the base due to the imbedded chain link.\u00a0 Not so.\u00a0 It cracked and split, after I used the steel wedge to free my stuck chainsaw, leaving a clean stump inside the fence line and a fallen tree outside.\u00a0 Progress.<\/p>\n
Kate, meanwhile, has taken the pruning charge seriously. She’s\u00a0whacked, sawed, pulled, torn and lopped limbs and canes off Amur maples, red twig and grey ossier dogwood.\u00a0 When she gets going, get outta the way.\u00a0 An impressive pile of branches have mounted over the fence line.\u00a0They need to go to the Habitat for Furry Animals site.<\/p>\n
A glorious Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watched Big Brown win Pimlico yesterday afternoon.\u00a0 Amazing.\u00a0 On the outside, running third at the final turn, I saw the jockey loose the reins a bit.\u00a0 It was a signal for a downshift, then accleration that took him past the others by the beginning of the straightaway.\u00a0 As Big Brown pulled away, the jockey rose up in the saddle and checked between his legs to see the rest of the field.\u00a0 They were way behind.\u00a0 Fun to watch run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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