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| VIEW OF MADELINE ISLAND FROM A CABIN ON EAGLE BLUFF ROAD... |
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| WOODS DAMAGED BY FIRE... |
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| REPLANTING WITH SHADE TOLERANT NATIVE SHRUBS... |
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| THAT WILL HOLD... |
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| ...THE STEEP BANK OF THE BLUFF |
Wednesday, 7:30 AM. 52 degrees at the ferry dock, 40 on the back porch. The wind is E, with light to stronger gusts. The sky is clear, the humidity 83%. The barometer is heading up slightly but then will drop, predicting rain sometime tomorrow.
Yesterday we began to get back into life in earnest, supervising a landscape job that I had designed earlier. The installation was done by my long-time partner, Jay Cblick of Jay's Tree Care and his crew. I took it easy, but being out in the fresh air and walking around all day was effort enough.
The property was damaged by fire earlier this year when a guest foolishly emptied a grill full of live coals down a steep bluff, which subsequently burned much vegetation. The crew cleaned up the damage, and we planted shade tolerant native shrubs on the crest of the bluff and down the bank far enough to hold the soil as they grow. The owner was concerned that the gravelly bluff would erode and compromise his expensive cabin, which sits on its crest.
We planted 15 round-leaved dogwood, Cornus rugosa, in five gallon pots; six snowberry, Symphorocarpus albus, in three gallon pots; six nine bark, Physocarpus opulifolius, in three gallon pots; and thirty bush honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera, in three gallon pots. All are shade tolerant or sun/shade tolerant native plants. They were delivered by Northwoods Nursery of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, on time and in excellent shape. They were all larger than we expected. We added some peat topsoil as we planted each shrub, watered them in well and mulched them with wood chips. I will have to do some additional watering tomorrow, but the job is essentially done.
Buddy had an adventure yesterday, as he either jumped out of the truck window or snuck out the door when I opened it, and he was gone all day, out in unfamiliar territory. He finally showed up, tired and hungry, just as I was leaving the job site.
He is one lucky dog.
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