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Sometimes the
ghosts forgotten go As kids, my brothers, sisters and I explored an old homestead site in the Dunning Meadow on Liberty Mountain in Washington State. We searched for lost treasures. There was a log cabin with half the walls still standing, protected by nettles, an effective defense, so we didn't do much poking around there. But we had free range of what had been the big barn and house, both of which had stood unoccupied for years then collapsed after too many winters of heavy snow. I remember pole beams and rafters, board siding, even pieces of a stairway that lay about where elk and deer trampled, sheep, too, on their summer range (before that grazing practice stopped). Grandpa Dee still has 2 hand split wooden dowels from the collapsed Dunning barn, one about an inch in diameter and 9 1/2" long; the other 1 3/4" diameter and about 16" long, with a square head. He believes that the barn was pegged together with dowels and the house with square headed nails. The 160-acre Dunning Ranch occupies National Forest land today. It was homesteaded by the uncle of Al Nicholson, whose adjoining ranch was also 160 acres. Both homesteads were worked together. Kay Hageman called him Uncle Al (Nicholson) and said that he had put in a field of potatoes but the elk harvested them ahead of time. Dunning and Nicholson mowed the hay in both the big and small meadows, put it up in the barn to feed their cattle in the winter.
Some persons are just naturally so successful with plants that if they stuck an umbrella in the ground we should expect to see it blossom out into parasols--but they don't know why it does, and they can't teach any one else how to do it. - Bolton Hall, Three Acres and Liberty
THE YEAR'S
END by Timothy Cole (1852-1931) If the weather holds and the ground hasn't frozen in your region, you may still have time to plant fall bulbs for spring flowers. The following garden advice, excerpted from L.H. Bailey's Manual of Gardening, written almost 95 years ago, still stands in good stead. All kinds of bulbs are partial to a deep, rich, water-free soil...The spot should be well drained...In flattish and rather moist lands the beds may be made above the surface, some 18 inches high, and bordered with grass. A layer of rough stones a foot deep is sometimes used in the bottom of ordinary beds for drainage...when there is fear that the bed may become too wet. If the place is likely to be rather wet, place a large handful of sand where the bulb is to go and set the bulb on it. This will keep the water from standing around the bulb. Very good results may be had in heavy soil by this method. As the time of severe winter freezing approaches, the bed should receive a mulch of leaves, manure or litter, to the depth of 4 inches or more, according to the latitude and the kind of material. If leaves are used, 3 inches will be enough, because the leaves lie close together and may smother out the frost that is in the ground and let the bulbs start. It will be well to let the mulch extend 1 foot or more beyond the margins of the bed. When cold weather is past, half of the mulch should be removed. The remainder may be left on till there is no longer danger of frost. On removing the last of the mulch, lightly work over the surface among the bulbs with a thrust-hoe. - MANUAL OF GARDENING, SECOND EDITION BY L. H. BAILEY 1910. TALKING IN
THEIR SLEEP by Edith M. Thomas "You think
I am dead," "You think
I am dead," Northwest Agricultural News - Washington State Department of Ag takes steps to classify a species of butterfly bush as a Class C noxious weed. Noxious weeds are non-native, invasive plants that are highly destructive, competitive or difficult to control and, once established, threaten the natural resources and economy. As suggested by its name, butterfly bush draws butterflies to its long, colorful flower clusters. Since native butterfly populations evolved in the absence of this shrub, they are not dependent upon it for survival. Indeed, the scientific literature suggests that in the wild, butterfly bush may crowd out native plants needed by butterflies for reproduction. Gardeners are encouraged to dead-head the flowers after they bloom and dispose of them in the trash, not the compost. This will prevent numerous wind-borne seeds from invading other properties. If you feel that you must plant a butterfly bush in your yard, choose one from the Buddleja genus that has a species name other than davidii. Source: Washington State Department of Agriculture, News Release: (04-66) Oct. 19, 2004. Click for more about the Washington State Noxious Weed Lists.
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The Eberhart Orchard apple and pear harvest was finished by the first of November. What a relief for Urban and Ross! For the most part, weather cooperated to produce good fruit size and great color. We didn't begrudge dryland farmers the little rain that fell during harvest. It was much needed for their new seedings of winter wheat in the Palouse. Elsewhere in Washington State, wine grape harvest just finished up. The vinters should be happy with that. Just a reminder, be sure to stop by farmers' markets and vegetable stands in your area as they still have lots of vegetables available. Also, watch for new releases of Washington and Oregon wines. (Additional source: Washington Agricultural Statistics Service, www.nass.usda.gov/wa)
Bright yellow,
red, and orange, Pray for peace
and grace and spiritual food, Just in time for the big meal on Thanksgiving Day, the Recipe Quantity Calculator is back up and running! Cooks, thanks for your patience while Katie re-wrote her recipe quantity converter program so it would work on the new server!
AUTUMN MOVEMENT
by Carl Sandburg The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds. The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full of holes, new beautiful things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind, and the old things go, not one lasts.
THE SOUGHING
WIND by William Carlos Williams
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Greetings
and best wishes for a happy holiday season from
all of us at Fruit From Washington, FFW Manufacturing and Eberhart Orchards
in Washington State.
We warmly thank our splendid customers for your past business. To everyone,
our friends and family, we hope that your holidays are joyous, peaceful
and fulfilling. May you have health, happiness and everything great and
good, during the remaining days of this swiftly passing year.
The
Forest Service deemed the remains of the Dunning Ranch buildings (of the
same era as the Nicholson cabin shown here, still in use on private land)
to be a public hazard and torched all that was left of them. No tangible
evidence of their existence could be found after that. But the intangibles
remain; our memories of scrambling around the old place, picking up treasures:
square head nails, rusted iron junk, even odd household items such as
a broken plate, or pieces of canning jars. The jars were pretty, purple
glass. Even at the time they seemed like rare and exotic artifacts—now
it's clear, just how rare. - CE
Buddleja
davidii is the species that is seeding itself into Washington state riparian
areas, roadsides and other spaces. Many popular varieties of butterfly
bush are derived from that species, although varieties of some of the
other Buddleja species are thought to present less of a threat. Buddleja
davidii was added to the Oregon noxious weed list earlier this year. Listing
on Washington's Class C noxious weed list would not forbid the sale of
Buddleja davidii, nor require its removal from gardens but individual
county weed boards could require control of escaped populations.
