tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post5579601275561389860..comments2023-05-27T04:38:32.434-05:00Comments on on a hays county hill: Let’s talk about brush.CWPickenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06116112697302206255noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-28361697989476965852011-12-24T15:54:36.112-06:002011-12-24T15:54:36.112-06:00Mom, you were PARANOID when you realized there was...Mom, you were PARANOID when you realized there was a possibility our house could burn down!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-53499203235140303372011-11-16T13:51:16.301-06:002011-11-16T13:51:16.301-06:00@linnie - we have a neighbor with a chipper who re...@linnie - we have a neighbor with a chipper who rents out, but a cooperative one would be a great thing, as the brush here is unending.<br /><br />@Linda - No matter how you look at it, a brush pile isn't lovely. A planter sounds lovely. No freeze here yet - high enough up to escape it so far.<br /><br />@Lona - That is a great way to use brush! I will have to keep my eye out for things that could use protection . . .CWPickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116112697302206255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-74704009294338791942011-11-12T13:05:21.636-06:002011-11-12T13:05:21.636-06:00The dalea photo just glows!
I too find it satisfy...The dalea photo just glows!<br /><br />I too find it satisfying to pile the brush across a drainage. In addition to slowing the water and giving it a chance to sink in, the water deposits all the leaves it was carrying and a lovely leaf mould forms upstream from the pile. Then the good forest steward in me tussles with my greedy gardener side over whether the mould stays to nourish the forest or goes to the garden for the tomatoes.<br /><br />Last winter we built brush "corrals" around our shin oak clumps to protect them from deer. Maybe in a non-drought year that would have worked as well as the goat-wire exclusions we also built, but once the landscape dried out, the deer started working at the brush until they could climb in and eat the trees. I imagine them pounding that brush down with their sharp hooves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-45911440061182408632011-11-11T10:47:40.289-06:002011-11-11T10:47:40.289-06:00We don't have as much brush here...thank goodn...We don't have as much brush here...thank goodness. This is an old, established neighborhood-type place. So most brush has already been cleared. But, lots of trees, with limbs that fall off.<br /><br />We have a fire pit, that was here when we bought. Not sure why, as it turns out there is a permanent burn ban here. We've piled up brush in there, and the wrens love it. It's going to become a planter, though. So those piles will be moved out. Maybe make a smaller pile, away from the house and trees.<br /><br />We were 24 here AGAIN this morning. This is just a cold spot, I guess.Linda/patchworkhttp://patchworkgarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-7095868519629993562011-11-11T10:36:16.544-06:002011-11-11T10:36:16.544-06:00Such a gardener's conscience you have Cynthia!...Such a gardener's conscience you have Cynthia! You have weighed all the issues well. We have brush from pruning too. In fact it is astonishing how much woody material needs removing. We put it in a field and mow it, with the lawn mower or with the flail on the tractor. (Larger pieces are cut up for indoor fires.) I share your nervousness about bonfires... It would be great to own a chipper cooperatively and share.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com