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| WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS MOUNTAIN ASH?... |
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| ...A YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER ATTACK, THAT'S WHAT! |
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| SELF SERVE, AND PAY AND MAKE CHANGE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM |
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| STRAWBERRIES, SWEET AND FRESH... |
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| ...PICKED OR PICK YOUR OWN |
Friday, 8:45 AM. 64 degrees F, wind SW, gusty at times. The sky is filled with low rains clouds and a high overcast, and it is raining and misting lightly. There is about .25" of rain in the gage. The humidity is 91% and the barometer is still falling, now at 29.94". It looks like it will be a damp day.
We took a little ride to buy strawberries at Rocky Acres berry farm yesterday evening. It appears to be a bumper crop this year and the berries are just the best, and at $4.00 a quart a good buy. On the way we saw a bear and a number of deer, a good evening for wildlife; and a yellow full moon rising to boot. Life is good.
Our mountain ash on the south side of the house is under attack. By a yellow bellied sapsucker family. They peck holes in the bark and then, as their name suggests, drink the sap flowing from the wounds. The tree is so badly damaged it will surely die. The sapsuckers are beautiful birds, but can be relentlessly destructive, and there isn't much to be done about it without harming the birds.
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