{"id":13026,"date":"2023-05-27T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T04:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=13026"},"modified":"2023-05-27T21:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T04:36:39","slug":"red-osier-dogwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=13026","title":{"rendered":"Red Osier Dogwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

May is the month when the low spots on the property get swampy and one of the plants that hangs out here is Red Osier Dogwood. This is the sericea<\/em> type.
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\nThis is my view in late May \u2013 it is common here.
\nThe best photos and information I have found:
\nhttp:\/\/montananaturalist.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/spotlight-onredtwig-dogwood.html<\/p>\n

Note the name used is Red Twig. This site shows the plant throughout the year, with colors and fruit, Recommended.<\/p>\n

I’m working along the edge of the swamp (riparian area), clearing the fuel and plants I do not want under a large Ponderosa Pine. Clearing the “ladder-fuel” away may save it should a fire come through.
\nSome, the Quaking aspens, get big enough for fire wood.\"\" These are about 6 inches across and some show heartwood damage by ants and other critters.
\n Others, such as roses, look nice when blooming but never get big; lots of sharp prickles are the main feature. The Hawthorn is another (small tree with big thorns) I like to remove. The wood is hard, but to harvest it for firewood is a pain \u2013 literally. There is Golden Current in the mix and those I leave.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday I went to the CWU picnic and awards “end of school” party and on Thursday to “Ales & Trails” gathering sponsored by Washington Trails Association at the local Iron Horse Brewery. The former was free and I came home with food. At the brewery I paid $5.40 for a 10 ounce dark beer. I didn’t ask what the 16 ounce one cost. <\/p>\n

This is memorial day weekend. I’ll put the flag out by the county road and otherwise continue my leisurely brushing. <\/p>\n

Thunderstorms continued to rumble across the high hills to my north. None came close today. Today seems to be the end of this several day turbulence in the atmosphere over Washington State.<\/p>\n

Keeping Track
\non the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n

John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May is the month when the low spots on the property get swampy and one of the plants that hangs out here is Red Osier Dogwood. This is the sericea type. This is my view in late May \u2013 it is common here. The best photos and information I have found: http:\/\/montananaturalist.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/spotlight-onredtwig-dogwood.html Note the name … Continue reading “Red Osier Dogwood”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-3o6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13026"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13032,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13026\/revisions\/13032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}