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| The last of the Christmas trees hang on tenaciously. |
Wednesday morning's walk took the dog and I down to the pig farm again. On our way we passed through the pecan orchard where the owner has begun mowing the grass as he does two or three times each year. The freshly cut grass is a boon to my mostly organic garden. I bring my little truck down the road and drive into the field where I pick up two or three truck loads of this seed free grass. I use it as mulch in my garden in the spring and fall. I wait until it has turned gray and it is really dry before I pick it up. The owner of the orchard never mows this grass for hay because it is so full of cogongrass. He just cuts it and leaves it laying there. While walking in the grass I noted the several large cedar trees in this field that appear to be out of place. These trees are the last remaining survivors of a Christmas tree farm that was here when I first moved to the area in 2000. There were quite a few cedars out there then. The trees are much to big to use now as they are about 20 feet tall. In the cold weather they produce a pleasant fragrance when you brush against them. The smell always reminds me of Christmas time. The county's road grader and dump trucks were out again this morning finishing the road work they started last Thursday. They are laying down a thick layer of crushed limestone which will become cement like once it rains. It should keep the red dirt from washing as badly as it has in the past. The weather during the last few days has been very hot and dry in the daytime and cooler at night which is normal for this time of year. I was told by my brother a tropical system is in the Gulf of Mexico and the weather forecasting models show it coming our way. Let us hope the models are flawed. Thanks for reading my blog. I hope you have a great Wednesday. Bye.
