Spears Woods Saturday march 9
Your correspondent was on assignment elsewhere, so this post comes from the good graces of Jim Dzialowy, and Joe Connolly, as well as FB posts by Doug Bosco and Joy Vrchota.
Pretty certain this was the last of our Atrium clean-up days for the season, where we burn logs left by the tree-thinning crew of Atrium Landscape. This one was notable for an exceedingly muddy worksite after rain that lasted most of Friday. I'm told they wallowed a bit and pulled their boots out of the muck repeatedly, getting upper and lower-body workouts simultaneously.
They also managed to burn six big brush piles, a creditable achievement any day, better still with the conditions they faced.
Hidden Pond Woods Sunday March 10
Back to our wooded slope, a scrappy area situated above the prairie at Hidden Pond. We continue to push our way north and east, creating a sightline from our position near LaGrange Road, down to the prairie and across to Kean Avenue. Conversely, one can now stand on the sidewalk at Kean and look west, up the hill to La Grange Road. Several years ago this was not possible, a sign our continued effort is bearing fruit.
We had a single brush pile and kept it loaded throughout the morning. Special thanks to Teri Radke of FPCC for leading, and to Audra Gray, whom we drafted as brush pile burn boss for the morning. Teri also took three from the group (Dan, Audra, and Julie) to the prairie to distribute native seed collected last fall.
Your correspondent was on assignment elsewhere, so this post comes from the good graces of Jim Dzialowy, and Joe Connolly, as well as FB posts by Doug Bosco and Joy Vrchota.
Pretty certain this was the last of our Atrium clean-up days for the season, where we burn logs left by the tree-thinning crew of Atrium Landscape. This one was notable for an exceedingly muddy worksite after rain that lasted most of Friday. I'm told they wallowed a bit and pulled their boots out of the muck repeatedly, getting upper and lower-body workouts simultaneously.
They also managed to burn six big brush piles, a creditable achievement any day, better still with the conditions they faced.
Hidden Pond Woods Sunday March 10
Back to our wooded slope, a scrappy area situated above the prairie at Hidden Pond. We continue to push our way north and east, creating a sightline from our position near LaGrange Road, down to the prairie and across to Kean Avenue. Conversely, one can now stand on the sidewalk at Kean and look west, up the hill to La Grange Road. Several years ago this was not possible, a sign our continued effort is bearing fruit.
We had a single brush pile and kept it loaded throughout the morning. Special thanks to Teri Radke of FPCC for leading, and to Audra Gray, whom we drafted as brush pile burn boss for the morning. Teri also took three from the group (Dan, Audra, and Julie) to the prairie to distribute native seed collected last fall.
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