Christmas Eve at Middleworld Woods

T'was the day before Christmas, and all through the woods,
The birdies are feeding - the seeds all taste good...

Woke up to a light covering of ice on the trees - just enough to make the woods look like glass.  Took a hike out to check on the OSO site - it's very cold but peaceful out in the woods. The wood nymphs are are sleeping, the squirrels are all cozied up with their stache of nuts. The temp has risen to 35 degrees so the ice is melting and all the dripping in the woods sounds like the flowing of a stream. 

Solstice was excellent Tuesday morning. I stayed up all night to film the enire Winter Solstice-Full Moon-Total Eclipse.  If you didn't see it, you missed an historic event. 

Here are some photos from the woods.  Have a Happy Holiday folks!

Planning for Spring

This week I made some investments into Middleworld Woods - I ordered 25 Ninebark seedlings, 50 Shortleaf Pine seedlings, 25 White Pine seedlings, 1500 Heavenly Blue Morning Glory seeds, 1500 Pearly gates Morning Glory Seeds, 50 mixed Tulip bulbs, 25 Ice Follies Daffodil Bulbs, and 30 Mixed flower bulbs.  This Spring we will decide how best to utilize these in beautifying Middleworld Woods.
We will be taking donations of packets of seeds, bags of grass seed, potting soil, bags of landscaping rocks, bags of mortar or concrete, etc... Most of these run less than $5 a bag, so even donating 1 bag of something will really help.

There had been some discussion about planting a garden in the pasture area to grow lavender, herbs, vegetables, etc... There's plenty of room to do this, with the understanding that the groups that plant the gardens will be responsible for their maintenance and upkeep. 

We're looking forward to the workday tomorrow. While it may be a bit cool, the weather is supposed to be nice. We will be working from 11am - 4pm and we do have sausages to cook on the grill if anyone is hungry.  If you can come out, please do.