Hi William, I dig your spot on commentary with the awesome pics! Iād probably have to fry up some of those golden shrooms and wash em down with that red stuff. Your trail work looks productive.
I recently moved to s forested red state back east (from CA) and am in a huge fight trying to keep kudzu on the other side of the fence in my backyard. Currently trying torch burning and then hacking off toasted remnants. What a strong, useless plant. It dominates and kills many woods here.
My tiny chihuahua chased a big deer around the property last night, until the latter gracefully in stride jumped over a 4ā fence. What a show.
Good for you, getting out of CA and heading for eastern woodlands. We luckily have no kudzu, I have heard there is some sort of medicinal quality too it, but that would not outweigh the harm. We have no shortage of buckthorn, which is a midstory tree that has carpeted with saplings most of the transition zone between the woods and fields, and the wetlands. I have thought about using a flamethrower, but apparently poison is ok but carbon is bad bad. Tanka bean my pup loves chasing deer - she can't figure out why they won't play with her. Deer are MANY in number here, if I build a garden and orchard I am going to have to ring them with an 8ft fence, as 6-7 isn't necessarily tall enough.
William...so enjoy your posts and your ājoie de vivreā! Thatās why I subscribed recently. I live in Commifornia and am a native Californian.
I live in So CA on the border between Mexico and CA. Your wooded life is beautiful...but for me you have something called winter, that Iām not a keen fan of cold winters! Look forward to witnessing your unfolding new life.
Thank you! I lived in San Diego for a year close to San Diego State Univ, and for about 6 months in Pacific Beach. I enjoyed So Cal (though not the LA area at all), though I used to tell people there, to their inevitable astonishment, that I thought the weather was boring. Here the temperature differential is about 105 to -30. I admit I feel a little bad for you, because of the Cal Gov, but also for water issues. I watched a public tv documentary the last time I was in San Diego for the National Tree Climbing Competition, about how water gets to So Cal and I am still in awe of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZiEsRuQlw
So does this documentary talk T all about the āPoliticsā surrounding California Water in generalā¦a good percentage of the water in So CA comes from the Colorado River. And that supply is severely compromised now because of the growth in the Metro Las Vegas area and the Phoenix Metro area over the past 20 + years.
Much of the talk in it is about the water coming from northern Sierra Mtns. How they have something like 14 pumps that each pump like a million gallons per hour, pumping 400 ft uphill at one point as that water travels about 700 miles. Not much about politics, but how the millions of people in So Cal are entirely dependent on water coming from the far north or the Colorado river.
Hi William, I dig your spot on commentary with the awesome pics! Iād probably have to fry up some of those golden shrooms and wash em down with that red stuff. Your trail work looks productive.
I recently moved to s forested red state back east (from CA) and am in a huge fight trying to keep kudzu on the other side of the fence in my backyard. Currently trying torch burning and then hacking off toasted remnants. What a strong, useless plant. It dominates and kills many woods here.
My tiny chihuahua chased a big deer around the property last night, until the latter gracefully in stride jumped over a 4ā fence. What a show.
Look forward to your next posting.
Welcome, and Thanks!
Good for you, getting out of CA and heading for eastern woodlands. We luckily have no kudzu, I have heard there is some sort of medicinal quality too it, but that would not outweigh the harm. We have no shortage of buckthorn, which is a midstory tree that has carpeted with saplings most of the transition zone between the woods and fields, and the wetlands. I have thought about using a flamethrower, but apparently poison is ok but carbon is bad bad. Tanka bean my pup loves chasing deer - she can't figure out why they won't play with her. Deer are MANY in number here, if I build a garden and orchard I am going to have to ring them with an 8ft fence, as 6-7 isn't necessarily tall enough.
William...so enjoy your posts and your ājoie de vivreā! Thatās why I subscribed recently. I live in Commifornia and am a native Californian.
I live in So CA on the border between Mexico and CA. Your wooded life is beautiful...but for me you have something called winter, that Iām not a keen fan of cold winters! Look forward to witnessing your unfolding new life.
Thank you! I lived in San Diego for a year close to San Diego State Univ, and for about 6 months in Pacific Beach. I enjoyed So Cal (though not the LA area at all), though I used to tell people there, to their inevitable astonishment, that I thought the weather was boring. Here the temperature differential is about 105 to -30. I admit I feel a little bad for you, because of the Cal Gov, but also for water issues. I watched a public tv documentary the last time I was in San Diego for the National Tree Climbing Competition, about how water gets to So Cal and I am still in awe of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZiEsRuQlw
So does this documentary talk T all about the āPoliticsā surrounding California Water in generalā¦a good percentage of the water in So CA comes from the Colorado River. And that supply is severely compromised now because of the growth in the Metro Las Vegas area and the Phoenix Metro area over the past 20 + years.
Much of the talk in it is about the water coming from northern Sierra Mtns. How they have something like 14 pumps that each pump like a million gallons per hour, pumping 400 ft uphill at one point as that water travels about 700 miles. Not much about politics, but how the millions of people in So Cal are entirely dependent on water coming from the far north or the Colorado river.
I am in England, but your blog resonates with me. Good stuff! Keep it up.
Thank you!