We did go up to the land yesterday afternoon/early evening. On the way up Andy said he was thinking of finishing the work on our old driveway after the rainy season this year. So when we got up there we walked partway down to see what he had in mind.
The big surprise was the gazillion (about a dozen?) trees that had blown down across it. We didn’t take our camera, but I asked him to take pictures of them today. He said he had decided to wait to clear them off so he could see how many had actually fallen.
He and Orlando fixed the upper part of the road last September:
They sloped it so any rain would drain off to the side of the road rather than run down it and create gullies.
The bottom part of the road is still heavily eroded. Torben took this video in July, 2014, and the road is in even worse shape now.
It would be less expensive to wait until we needed more roadwork done in the fall, but we’re seriously considering it doing this Spring so Sammy and I can walk down to the orchard more easily. We’re not quite as agile as Montana is. (Like the road, my eyes are in worse shape now than they were in 2014. 🙂 )
Another advantage of doing it before the rainy season is the work will involve major changes to that area, and doing it early will give us a chance to see if the new scheme will actually work or if it will need to be revised. I’m curious to see how it works out.
March 5, 2016
I thought montana might just knock you down!
but what a little lamb she is.
a leaping lamb! LOLOL. and quick like a shot!
She’s great at zipping around obstacles, like trees, big rocks, old folks…. 😀
I’m curious about the type of trees on the property. They seem to be deciduous, unlike the evergreen trees in the north of Canada, where I grew up.I’m probably dead wrong, but I thought that evergreens were prevalent in areas with lots of snow Also, you write about “the rainy season”. I’m wondering how long that lasts, and how much rain you get. I’m not sure of your geographical location, obviously!
We’re in the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico. The trees are burned conifers — one tree on our 80 acres survived the 2011 fire. Our rainy season is usually in July and August.
Great photographs and videos. Nice to see a frisky Montana.
I’m so glad Torben took those videos, and that my pictures are organized enough that I could find them again. 🙂
Burnt conifers, of course…now I remember an article you wrote about it! And now I can picture where you are. Thanks!