Chuck Zumbrun

Tales from Skunk Hill

Burn it, Burn it Good

We burned all our native plantings areas today. The weather was perfect, the wind was out of the east (away from our house). The ground is still saturated so we didn’t have to worry about catching the muck on fire [1].

Before
Before
Burning
Burning

Owen always follows the same path through the high grass. He’s trod it down until it’s so firm it wouldn’t burn.

Corgi Trail
Corgi Trail
Burned
Burned

Can’t wait to see what does and doesn’t come up after burning!

1. The muck is high organic matter soil. It’s what they cut into turves and burn in their stoves in Ireland. If you get it burning in the fields that’s a bad thing.

5 responses to “Burn it, Burn it Good”

  1. Missy Avatar
    Missy

    So if you want to make something inflammable, have a corgi walk on it?

  2. anne Avatar
    anne

    Hard to believe that all that snow has already melted, it was deep enough to last to July

    1. chuck Avatar
      chuck

      It snowed all day today
      Snowy Owen

      1. anne Avatar
        anne

        happy owen

  3. Mom Avatar
    Mom

    Doesn’t some of the conservation acres (Geese place) have to have a controlled burn?

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