We have a number of visits from wild turkeys in the fall & winter. Here they are trudging across the lavender field. They check out our compost, tour around our pond, pick around the apple trees and confuse the cats. They are quite large as you can see by the comparison to our chairs!
Grandpa & Grandma turkeys taking a tour- Huge ones!
I was in the Clarksburg Artisan Market on the Thanksgiving Weekend. For this I added to my inventory a harvesting basket for the them of the weekend. It turned out well following Jon Ridgeon’s book, and I like the creative handles I made from the overlapping fresh heritage willow I used to make the frame. They are really comfortable and yet artistic. I learned to split the ribs from fresh willow too from Jon’s book.
See my favourite moment at the Artisan Market post too!
Those are our own heritage apples- different varieties harvested from our 13 trees.
Transplanted Willows on both sides of 32-foot boardwalk
These are photos of suspect Willows that grows naturally in our area. We are in a cold part of Zone 4 up on the highest elevations in the Blue Mountains. Some leaves appear to be hybrids of the broader and more slender leaves of other stands. Does anyone recognize hints of what species might be? I’ve numbered the photos for reference if you would like to post a thought in a comment. I will continue to document them through the seasons to include photos of their pussy willows and stems.
I am communicating with our local Grey-Sauble Conservation Authority and the Niagara Escarpment Commission to see if they can help me identify natural Willow species in this area. I will keep you posted on what I find out! There are masses of willow growth along our roads. I live in an area that used to be a small settlement in the lumber era, so I am also not sure if someone had introduced a sally patch decades or a century ago in this area.
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