We have had some relatively nice weather this past week. Sunny and cool during the day. No hard freeze yet. We still have the water line to the pond active, but I'll probably winterize it soon. After that, any water additions to the pond will be manual. I did put the pond deicer into the pond last week. The water temperature is hovering around 50F so we might be finished feeding for the season. The small fry koi and no longer small. No way to count just how many are in there!
Over the past couple of days I have pruned the Hornbeams along the east fence line, the Zelkova, the Serviceberry and the Canadian Red Cherry.
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| Hornbeams |
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| Serviceberry |
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| Zelkova |
I cut back on of the Red Twig Dogwoods in front of the northeast gate. This one had essentially lost all of its leaves. Last year I did not cut these back at all. I noticed however that the MoBot cut theirs back, nearly to the ground, in the fall. As of last Wednesday, they had not cut theirs back, but since this one had lost all its leaves, I decided to cut it back.
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| Cut back the Red Twig Dogwood on the right |
Throughout my outside activities, the neighbor's Spitz were very attentive.
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| Squirt on the left and Lilly on the right |
I also noticed that the
Brugmansia that I bought inside last weekend has added several healthy leaves. While outside during the Summer, it did not seem very happy, losing most of its leaves and sprouting no flowers at all.
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| Brugmansia |
