My Mountain Trail

What about the bike?

That’s what Eddy wants to know at least.  I did  ride my mountain bike on Monday and my steely Serrotta to the top of East Peak on Wednesday.  But poor ol’ Eddy is still packed up in his box.

Today we spent some  time in Yardville again.  The Black Acacia infestation along the back fence was today’s challenge.  I cut down about half of it today.  That is a full, packed down, heaped up truck load.  Edgewood Ave. was starting to get encroached on, so I had to go after the mess.  I have about four more hours of fun to get the rest done.  Maybe tomorrow.

We have made a lot of progress on the Jungle, but it’s mostly been heavy lifting.  Once we get the fire danger down to a manageable level, we’ll think about making some part of the yard or garden pretty too.  Hopefully we won’t be too worn out. 

Not to worry about the blackberries of course.  I have left enough of them to produce plenty of jam and pie this summer.  Then maybe I’ll even hack them down.  That doesn’t get rid of them anyway, so it’s really just about controlling the overgrowth. 

Here at the Duck Shack we pride ourselves on organic, basically, wild fruit and berries.  I think that will be the case for some time to come…  Too many other things too do to get too ambitious with the yard and garden.