Ole Hickory

We have a big Hickory tree in the back yard. It is wonderfully shady during the summer, and supports one side of our hammock. Last Fall, however, it went a little nuts. It became hazardous to walk out there unless you wanted to risk a 3 Stooges style slip and fall.

They remained out there over the winter. That was in part because I wanted to leave them for animals to eat, but mostly because I didn't get around to cleaning them up before the first snow fell.



This weekend, I tackled the clean up. I raked and collected 4 wheelbarrows full of husks and nuts from the back, and 3 from the smaller Hickory tree out front by the girl's sandbox.



It was obvious that the squirrels enjoyed the buffet!



My crocuses finally started to bloom on the first day of Spring. There is finally Spring color up on Poplar Ridge!