A couple young Owl Fledglings have been hanging around lately. Once it is evening, they start begging their Great Horned Owl mom for food with their voices, one after another, competing for what their mom kills.
Category Archives: Trees
Iowan Golden Maple
There are some good cultivars of the common, native Silver Maple. The Golden Silver Maple has bright new foliage. As with most trees that have golden leaves, the new foliage is the brightest.
Painted Maple New Growth
Painted Maple trees have been two-toned with their new and old leaf color. These trees seem pretty hardy and adaptable, so I have been planting more.
Beaver Food
It has been nearly 20 years since Beavers dominated our farm. The cattle helped keep them away from the pond, but now that the cattle are gone, I have planted many trees along the pond. The Beavers have come back to a paradise, ready to make my Oasis their haven.
Long Mulberry Fruit
The Illinois Everbearing Mulberry has longer fruit the any other mulberry I am growing. This cultivar can produce fruit for nearly 2 months.
Japanese Varnish Tree
My Japanese Varnish Tree is starting to take off. This tree is borderline hardy, so I will see if it ever attains tree size.
Japanese Larch Color
Some of my Japanese Larch Seedlings can have a bluish tinge to their needles. Japanese Larches have grown good for me, though they haven’t transplanted well.
American Hybrid Chestnut
My Hybrid Chestnut is flowering a lot, though the other Chestnuts around it aren’t at the same stage of life, so most of the flowers go unpollinated. In the next couple years though, this tree should really ramp up production and provide wildlife a good food source.
Mulberry Popcorn Disease
Mulberries have been resistant to disease and highly productive in fruit. But now a disease has appeared here that ruins the fruit. Only time will tell how severe it is in my location.
Variegated Catalpa Flowering
This is the first year my Variegated Catalpa has flowered. By this time of the year, the variegation has pretty much faded away.