Another, hunting land, is at about 8200′. This area has lots of owls so all I have to do is encourage them to nest on my acreage. Problem is I don’t have a barn or anything similar. Both properties suffer from the above ground residue from the tunnels they dig. Darn things are everywhere!

Thanks for the green tip!

Our berry patch was there when we bought the house in 1979. It has been a blessing over the years, but either they are getting burned out, overshadowed by the neighbors’ pine trees (not to mention the pine needles) or a combination of both (not to mention poor/marginal care on my part). They were not doing well. I bought 20-30 plants from an online supplier and planted them (they were the same fruiting pattern as ours, June and Sep producers – can’t remember the variety’s name). What I didn’t do was trim the roots! The majority survived my ineptness, and, hopefully, the 2d year and beyond they will impart their genetic imprint on the patch and it will again start to fruit like days of yore (unless they need full sun, then they’ll never reach their full potential.

Another “problem” may be that the grandkids go out and eat them all up before I even see them! Oh well, they will have fond memories of the patch.