I hopped to it this weekend at Struan Farm, continuing my clean up in the Old Orchard Paddock. By the end of Saturday I had all of the firewood picked up from around the trees and put into the shed. Guessing I am about 80% finished with the clean up in this corner of the property.
Here's my comparision of last week vs. this week:
Once I've raked up the rest of the rubbish under the gum tree I will move the firewood stored in the old chicken coop to the one firewood shed that will remain in this area of the farm. Then those unsightly coops can come down, hopefully before they fall down!
So this paddock is starting to look a wee bit better. And since we've decided to revive its place as a fruit orchard, although our secondary fruit orchard, we'll plant several more apple trees here shortly (Granny Smith and Liberty). We've already got Bramley, Cox's Orange Pippin and Akane planted here.
Must confess that I'm realistic about one major thing: this paddock will only stay tidy until the next storm comes through, when I'll need to start the clean up all over again!
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