Open House
We being the
help I receive from a variety of sources of all I am thankful for, have been
working hard to try and make the farm just a little better since the last time I
had an Open House. I worked too hard to try and make it work that I worked
myself into the ground. And on the day of the open house I was still busy
making preparations for the Open House. My entertainment being me was wore out.
My chain saws needed work and I never did saw any while people were here. I did
carve the bear I offered as a gift in a contest and I did deliver the bear, but
much later in the season. I could never afford to have someone here on a full
time basis now, but who knows maybe somewhere down the road it may work out.
Anything you do
all starts with the first step, and it isn’t an all downhill easy glide to
start a venture like this. In fact with landscaping and nursery work it is more
like a culmination of several years, as that is what is interesting about
landscaping in general. It doesn’t always have to be expensive to landscape a
property and create small wildlife habitat or a nook in your yard where you can
commute with nature. I will show you using my chainsaw carvings and nature and
add a few plantings and I will transform the yard into a walking source of eye
candy where I hope every crook and cranny will yield a sigh or a pleasant
smile. I am always trying to do things in a natural way so that I form a
symbiosis with nature. Every year you come back you will see more added to the
surrounding grounds as I find new ways to do the same old thing. Most of what I
do here on the farm will go back to the upkeep of the farm in a natural way
also. Including the sale of hay I intend to cut. Soon I will have bales of
first cutting hay all around the farm. Open fields that are too steep to till
will be returned to nature via tree planting I intend to do here on the farm. It
helps to have trees to plant and in part my sale of trees supports my tree
planting efforts.
I am also experimenting
with some new trees, not new except to me, but the intended use of the tree is
kind of making a revival and lends itself well to farming naturally. The Osage
orange or hedge apple tree is being used again as a natural fence. The tree
seems to do well at lending itself to adapt and is hardy and is steeped in old
world tradition of being used as a natural fence. Boughs of newly planted whips
or long starts 6-10 feet are bent back to the ground and pinned and broken
where the top branch hits the ground and allowed to form roots and creates a fence
of sorts. Repeated plantings creates an impenetrable fence that is natural and
aesthetic as well as capable of turning an elephant. This same principle is
being used as a riparian fence and when constructed in same principle creates a
fence capable of collecting solids and stabilizing hillsides where erosion is a
problem. This can be a long term solution as both of these methods are widely
used around the world for that purpose. It can be grown locally and is an earth
friendly tree that not only turns your cow, but will also stabilize your hill
and clean your air and supposedly when placed around the perimeter of a house will
keep the spiders out, and do all this while you are sitting in your easy chair.
It isn’t so
much working with nature as in some cases you let nature do the work for you. A
few moments with seed and soil allows a summer of new excitement and sometimes
frustration as you watch your effort grow into something you cherish, if
nothing else to help your piece of mind.
Come visit and unload in the shade of a tree. Enjoy what our farm has to
offer. If you see something you like buy it. If all you take away from here is
a smile then my job is done. Enjoy yourself and come every year. Until I can
afford to have the greenhouse open all the time, then please call before coming
as I always try to make use of the little time I have left. No one knows how long
you have and some days I may be just sitting around smelling the roses, but
until then I try to keep busy. During open house I am open and just come anyhow
but all other times are by appointment. If at some time I see it would be
beneficial to be open all the time then I will provide the help I need. That number
is 234.521.3984. Please leave a message and I will return it.
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