It had been a couple of years since I last cut the old fronds off the ferns at our cabin. The construction noise nextdoor at home was getting annoying, so we packed a few things into the car and an hour later had complete quiet.
Fern alley was beautifull last spring but by this time it was difficult to access the water shut off and such.
We certainly are not short on ferns.
Cutting them down was the easy part, the clean-up was much more work.
While I carried bucket loads of debris into the woods MeMa restacked the woodpile.
She discovered these two sleepy newts in the pile so she set them aside and then carefully replaced them in the woodpile so they could carry on with their hibernation.
I neglected getting a photo of MeMa climbing around on ladders cleaning out the rain gutters a job that usually takes two of us. Sometimes its humiliating being married to a dynamo. I was however very pleased that my extra braces were the solve all, no more replacing the darn things every year.
Those Fern cuttings make great compost!
ReplyDeleteWe lay them on the forest floor below our cabin and by next spring they will have been composted.
DeleteYou are able to travel further than us even though we have just come down to level 3. It is good to get these jobs done isn't it. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI fear that we may have a second onslaught, there are so many people ignoring social distancing. However when we go to the cabin we are the only humans in sight.
DeleteI've started to grow some ferns, they're not as good as yours yet though.
ReplyDeleteThey are quite beautiful.
DeleteVictorian Britain went fern-mad right up until Edwardian times. Fern designs were on everything. I have a set of glasses with fern leaves engraved on the side which I use every day.
ReplyDeleteI have several Victorian pieces and all have fern on them.
DeleteIdyllic, Doc. Enjoy and God bless.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, hope all’s well for you.
DeleteWhat a lot of fern clean up. Fern alley is quite the understatement. Fern jungle!
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