Between Gustav & Ike tearing up the place with many downed pines in my yard and all around the farm it's been non stop work ever since. Repairing fences to keep the cattle in and building new fences were a never ending task. Then the snow that we had in Dec did not help matters at all. Trees that cannot take the weight of snow were severly damaged...massive century old live oaks, magnolia trees.
During the drought we had the past several months plus the heat put a toll on all my plants. We did have ALL the pines cut from my yard and along with that the damage the falling trees did to my azaleas, mayhaws, cypress, sweet olives, and smaller oaks, and needless to say the grass uprooted and destroyed by the heavy equipment.
I still love working with my potted plants and did away with the hidden ginger beds I had (couldn't control the
weeds). Pulled up all the heather, so I wouldn't have as much work on having to cut them back each year. That
flower bed is now completely covered with "red apple".
"Red Apple"
Hurrican Gustav
Snow in southern Louisiana
A native tree "Parsley Haw" transplanted from woods into yard
No more pines close to the house
My all around favorite the moss covered cypress in the pond
214 acres is enough to keep you busy everyday.