It's a diary of my normal life, the 5%. Just posting my replies to the monthly newsletter questions between the family and cousins. Dragon comments are after, "In the record".
Newsletter 200 - Early Xmas, Apple Orchids, Pumpkins, Daring Stunts
Instead of going to an orchard, we planted two fruit trees. One is a fig and the other is an apple tree that we moved. Even though we have a 40x40 backyard, if you are doing zone 2 planting the trees have to be 10 feet away from each other and buildings. Also, I did not want to plant a tree right above the sewer line in the backyard. I have watched many plumbing videos of trees being the reason the sewer lines were not working. But I had no clue on how to plant a tree. I went online and found the Colorado State University Master Gardener site on how to care for recently planted trees. And the Colorado State Forest Service on How to Properly Plant a Tree - Part 1, Find the Root Flare and Part 2 - Shave the Root Ball. The links are below.
The links to all the info is below:
It is not hard to plant a tree but there are instructions
that need to be followed to have a successful tree rooting. For
instance, the Liquid Amber tree we took out had its main root twisted
around the trunk.
Also, trees from a nursery have issues from
growing in a confined space of a plastic pot. The root flare needs to be
found so it can sit above the ground. The root ball needs to be shaved
to have roots that grow out straight. And you need to properly mulch
around the tree.
We had to add the fence because the deer were rubbing on the small apple tree, mind you, there is a full grown one right by it.
Now for the life endangering events. There are three that come to mind:downhill bike, the pit, and snow camping.
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I remember in Corona, CA, Rick Gilmaster found an unfinished tract home
hill to ride our one speed bikes down. I was young and watched him go
down the hill in which he was successful. He gestured that I needed to
go next. I wanted to do it, but did not understand how to. It is around a
20 foot slope, though as a kid it seemed huge. As soon as I started I
fell to the side and slid down the rocky barren hill. Sometime later, I
finally made it home and Mom patched me up after I had a bath to get all
the dirt off.
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Snow camping, the mire thought that I had the notion to test the snow
gear on ice shows how stupid I was. I could have died. I had great plans
to go out snow camping via cross country skis. In 2013,I practiced
snowshoeing with skis strapped to my back. See pic. So sometime in 2014,
I went to the upper Echo Lake and decided to snow camp, but in reality I
was camping in packed snow which was ice, in a valley like wind tunnel,
with no tree protection. I arrived early in the day and set up my tent,
which almost blew away until I used rock to keep it in place. (Mind
you, that was the mountain God trying to save me from myself.) Night
starts to set and I decided to not poop because I was too close to the
stream by the campsite. I had my boots in the sleeping bag and one layer
of clothes on in the bag. As the night progresses and the
temperature drops into the twenties, I put on all layers of clothes and
eat to stay warm. I needed to pee, so I got out the bottle and pee and I
had to stop because the bottle was full. Now I feel the urge to poop
but it is freezing outside. I can't sleep. I need to pee. I need to
poop. I continue to eat to stay warm. I start breathing inside the bag
to have my warm breath warm the bag. I am completely miserable as the
temperature drops on the thermometer. Sometime around 4 a.m. I pass out
and wake up at 6ish. I pee outside. Yay! I pack everything quickly and
hike back to the car. I drive the car to the parking lot outhouse and
spend the next 20 minutes pooping out everything. What did I learn?
Don't camp on ice in a wind tunnel.
Still doing projects on the house which I will share next time.
Stay safe. Get your shots. Fight for Democracy.
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