Cattle Pasture has slowly disappeared on this Oasis. The young trees are creating wildlife habitat where there was none before.
Tag Archives: Evergreens
Opportunity Knocks
This year I took advantage of the storm from last fall, that knocked down trees. This is a uprooted Hackberry. I am using the depression as a moist habitat for a couple Canadian Hemlocks.
Frosty White Fir
It has been over a decade ago that this White Fir was planted. The White Fir is part of a windbreak line of evergreens. The other evergreens are Colorado Blue Spruces. Both of these species of conifers grow at a similar slow growth rate, so work good together. These trees are thicker than pine trees, […]
Windbreak Goat Pasture
These young windbreak trees used to be part of a goat pasture. Now they help in winter to protect the goats from the North winds.
Windbreak Orchard View
This is the view of the windbreak and orchard. The apple trees are flowering right now.
Covered In Ice
Freezing Rain can happen in the winter and can damage a lot when glazing everything with ice. The Green Ash tree(Fraxinus) split from the weight of the ice and hit the chicken shed. The icy trees waiting for the Sun’s warmth to melt the ice off them. Evergreens really capture a lot of the freezing […]