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Spring has Sprung

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue May 21, 2019 8:46 pm

The Castle landscaping has bloomed...
The view of the front shows off Miss Tina's careful planning.
Coral Barked Maple to the right of the deck
Red Maple to the left.
Smoke Tree in front of the deck
Roses scattered here and there.
Azaleas litter the landscape
and other nice trees and ornamentals...


The gap along the edge of the drive used to be filled with a nice wide ornamental Knockout Rose line, that was about chest high. Before the temps warmed up, we pulled them all up and tossed them. They had lasted ten years. Tina decided they had begun to look shaggy and broken so, gone. ( I am beginning to look shaggy and broken... :roll: )

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The view down the drive shows you how nice and secluded the home on the ridgeline is. The view is a bit deceptive. The drive drops down, goes over a small rise then drops again, and curves a bit. It's a measured 250 yards or so... and you can just see the main tertiary road at the bottom. Fun in the winter when the snow is deep... :D Twenty Five years of spreading gravel have given us a solid base however, so no major issues in wet weather in the spring or fall. ;)


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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by JEBar » Tue May 21, 2019 8:52 pm

beautiful .... really nice indeed

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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by RanchRoper » Tue May 21, 2019 9:47 pm

Very pretty. Pride of home ownership there.

Snow coming here tonight...

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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by BigAl52 » Tue May 21, 2019 10:24 pm

Really like that Japanese maple there marine
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue May 21, 2019 10:33 pm

BigAl52 wrote:
Tue May 21, 2019 10:24 pm
Really like that Japanese maple there marine
They are one of my favorites.
The roses around the place are my touch. Standards, climbing, mini, whatever. I really like roses.
:D
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by BigAl52 » Tue May 21, 2019 11:05 pm

I have one on my patio and many roses in the yard. Maple is in a big pot as soon as it gets filled out I will take a pic. Its had a rough go this year with this stupid weather
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by BrokenolMarine » Thu May 23, 2019 12:03 am

We noticed this morning that nocturnal visitors had consumed every single rose bloom in the front yard. Those deer are a pain in the butt. They are also eating all the young fruit off the young fruit trees. :twisted: I don't hunt... But it's enough to make me want to buy a paintball gun. :D
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by Mags » Thu May 23, 2019 12:29 am

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motion activated propane canon will run them off. of course it will jolt you wide awake too.
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We noticed this morning that nocturnal visitors had consumed every single rose bloom in the front yard. Those deer are a pain in the butt. They are also eating all the young fruit off the young fruit trees. :twisted: I don't hunt... But it's enough to make me want to buy a paintball gun. :D
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First Flower 2020

Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:32 pm

We're off to a very early Spring in CT. I snapped this with my phone on Tuesday morning after I spotted it while filling the nearby bird feeders.
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Re: First Flower 2020

Post by Mags » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:56 pm

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First day of Spring today. Equinox is a couple days early this year.
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We're off to a very early Spring in CT. ...
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by dasmoeturhead » Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:44 pm

It has, and the neighbors are cutting their lawn. I'm just not ready yet. I don't have much to cut (1.5 acres) but it's a bumpy ride for that 1.5 hrs😒
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by Vaquero » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:39 pm

dasmoeturhead wrote:
Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:44 pm
It has, and the neighbors are cutting their lawn. I'm just not ready yet. I don't have much to cut (1.5 acres) but it's a bumpy ride for that 1.5 hrs😒
And quite muddy I would guess. :o :lol:

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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by Mags » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:10 pm

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I cut the 'far side' lawn this afternoon. Most of it was dry enough to mow through just fine. The spongee spots were solid enough to gun it and power through, though there are spots where the mower kinda power-drifted slightly sideways. That's always fun!
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by dasmoeturhead » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:01 pm

I mowed the 1.5 acres today. The grass had grown a lot, and turned green overnight. That rain must of picked up a lot of nitrogen.
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by dasmoeturhead » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:33 pm

Vaquero wrote:
Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:39 pm
dasmoeturhead wrote:
Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:44 pm
It has, and the neighbors are cutting their lawn. I'm just not ready yet. I don't have much to cut (1.5 acres) but it's a bumpy ride for that 1.5 hrs😒
And quite muddy I would guess. :o :lol:

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Just a little bit actually. The wind dried it all up, and the grass too.
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by Vaquero » Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:13 pm

Way to muddy here, heck the yard is like walking on a sponge.
then right around mid day it started raining again.
Quite hard there for a bit.

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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by Grunt67 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:29 pm

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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:07 pm

That's last spring, we are about a week or so from that point now.
The maples and the rest have their leaves. The river birches and fruit trees in the rear as well.
Just waiting for the buds on the azaleas to bloom.
Miss T says a week or so...
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Re: Spring has Sprung

Post by JEBar » Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:07 pm

dogwood blossoms are shedding like snow and azaleas are starting to look drab in our part of central NC .... a brief thunderstorm just moved through, hopefully we had enough rain and wind to settle the tree pollen .... its a beautiful time of year but with the pollen, I'll be glad when summer rolls in

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