Dead Ash Tree

Monday, June 8, 2020

Hello friends,
              Surviving the heat?  It has been very warm and muggy.  The cows don’t like it, I don’t like it either.  It’s all part of the package though.  Seasons change and we can look back on the winter and long for it, and it will surely return.  There are benefits for the summer, like not having to suit up before going outside.  Lots of sunshine means lots of free vitamin D,  and the fresh fruits and vegetables are growing in abundance.  The days are longer so more time outside in the evening after chores are done. 
              If you come to the farm right now you will see the big mess in the middle of the yard.  Yep, we had the dead ash tree topped out last week and now the job of cutting up the firewood and removing the millions of twigs and branches that came crashing down.  This one tree will provide several months of warmth this winter.  Any time you have to take down a tree, there will be the initial shock of how different the yard looks.  But there are other trees to spread out…