Wendalane Farms » Damage

Don’t Step on the Flowers

Bob — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:49:05 +0000

So between the kids, dog, cats, guests, and wildlife we often get the question about flowers getting stepped on. Yes it happens. The solution so far works great, we simply grow more than we need and don’t sweat it when it happens.

Heave Ho

Bob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:09:35 +0000

Frost has a habit of damaging things slowly. Every spring a quick tour of the property will reveal certain things that have gotten heaved. Sometimes it’s part of the barn floor, sometimes a patio stone. This time the left post of the gate to the backyard seems to have gone up a couple inches. In spite of the damage frost plays a critical role. The constant freezing of soil breaks up larger chunks, and once we frost seed next week the freeze/thaw action will work seeds to a shallow depth and allow them to germinate. Pretty cool.

Flood Damage

Bob — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:56:00 +0000

Our property has a great deal of flood plain that is routinely covered in water in the late winter and early spring. The danger of having the river flood its banks this time of year is that we can have water quickly turn to ice, and then try to float away. This can cause damage to small trees like this norway spruce that just wasn’t quite big enough to prevent getting snapped.