Dried sap on this White Pine has made the bark look white. None of the other White Pines were covered in as much of this white as this tree.
Tag Archives: windbreak trees
Willow Flowers
Some willow trees are very attractive in spring. The Bigfoot Willow is a male hybrid willow and has numerous catkins that make the trees look yellow for a short time before fully leafed out.
Dumb Youth
My young white guineas like to fly up in the windbreak trees, currently have been roosting in the Austrian Pine(Pinus nigra). They were born back in July and are young and stupid, so have slept outside in subzero temps. I have had trouble getting them in the shed at night.
70 mph Versus Trees
A storm came through with strong winds, 70 mph and over hit hard and toppled some large trees. Basswood trees in various locations got hit hard. Evergreen windbreak trees that faced off versus the wind were hit hard, such as a White Pine(Pinus strobus) that snapped off easily enough. Another large Cottonwood(Populus deltoides) fell this […]
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.