Yesterday was one of those dull miserable cold days that make you just want to sit inside and sew. It was even too cold to sit on the patio at lunchtime to have our soup lunch.
Afterwards we went to collect our kindling for the fire. We use this mistletoe which is brilliant. It burns really hot so the embers are able to ignite the other wood.
The mistletoe comes from this big old Leopard Ash tree that you can see behind the smaller gum trees.We have been told it has to be about 100 years old. Unfortunately
the mistletoe birds have dropped seed and now it has invaded the tree rather badly. As it dries off though or in strong winds it does tend to drop to the ground. When we moved here the whole area under the tree was covered with lantana and vine as well as cobblers peg weeds and it has taken a fair bit to clear it out. At least now DH can just mow under it be they weeds or whatever.
the mistletoe birds have dropped seed and now it has invaded the tree rather badly. As it dries off though or in strong winds it does tend to drop to the ground. When we moved here the whole area under the tree was covered with lantana and vine as well as cobblers peg weeds and it has taken a fair bit to clear it out. At least now DH can just mow under it be they weeds or whatever.
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