Thought I would post a few pics from areas on the property that I've either never or seldom posted pics from. My east boundary is a creek. I own across the creek. It's a beautiful creek that meanders thru hardwoods and is usually almost dry this time of year. Not the case with all the rain we've had recently. This pic of the creek is about halfway down my east property line.
The following pic is near the area where the creek enters the wetlands area and the beavers are busy doing their handiwork.
We have several mature hardwood draws that come up out of the bottomland area toward the north end of the property. Lots of water oaks, red oaks, hickory and the occasional white oak. Only one draw contains a lot of white oaks. I love sitting in this hardwood draw come October.
If you followed my thread on the QDMA sight you may remember me posting this pic in February 2012. We planted bare root Wax Leaf Myrtle whips that were 12 to 18 inches long at the time of planting. Wax myrtle is native to the southeast and makes a great screen. It is evergreen and forms a very bushy multi-trunked plant growing to a height of 20 feet or so.
Here's a pic of one of the wax myrtles planted almost where Brooks is standing in the above pic. The fence is about 5 feet tall. The wax myrtle is circled in red. Four years later the plant is pushing 10 feet or higher. Great native screening plant for areas in my zone 8b and higher.
And finally...a few deer pics. A couple of weeks ago I set a camera overlooking white clover in our bean field. One thing i've learned about white clover is that with ample rain it just keeps putting on growth throughout the summer. Always cool to see fawn pics.
Less bucks on camera this year than in previous years. I've a bout come to the conclusion that this is my last year supplemental feeding. It's very expensive and I feed so much more than deer...pigs, squirrels, crows, raccoons, turkeys and deer. Too much waste. If I feed next year at all it will be in the feeder you can see in the background in the pic above. It is a galvanized steel DD trough feeder that raccoons can't get in nor can pigs.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading along. I don't wish time away but I am most definitely looking forward to cooler weather when the family will look forward to coming down. Happy trails from the Triple C Farm!
