{"id":944,"date":"2016-03-13T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T15:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/?p=944"},"modified":"2016-03-13T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T15:49:46","slug":"winter-storm-clean-up-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/2016\/03\/13\/winter-storm-clean-up-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter storm clean up is needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks late, but some photos of winter storm damage. \u00a0Today (3\/13\/2016) is now fully spring. \u00a0I was in NYC late last week and it was 81 degrees on Thursday down there AND in Carlisle. \u00a0Things are not kicking into gear in terms of spring growth &#8211; but you can see it out on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>I am going over to my property today and I am going to spread around some wild flower seeds from American Meadows (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanmeadows.com\/wildflower-seeds\/northeast\/northeast-wildflower-seed-mix\">a special mix of native wild flowers<\/a> &#8211; both annual and perennials designed for New England). \u00a0It may not work since I am just going to be doing it the natural way (tossing things around by hand) and the final site landscape work has not been done &#8211; but it shouldn&#8217;t take long either.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-944 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1527-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1527-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-940\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-940'>\n\t\t\t\tThe old barn just across the property line at my parent&#8217;s house.  It was a chicken processing poultry operation from the Larsen&#8217;s around 1900 and taken over by the Macrae family via Inga Larsen I believe\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1526-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1526-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-939\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-939'>\n\t\t\t\tA few weeks ago, inspecting storm damage to trees with ice still on the pond &#8211; which has now gone out permanently\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1538\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1538-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-914\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-914'>\n\t\t\t\tThe garage at the Old Koford House (originally the &#8216;Old Farrar Place&#8217;) was rebuilt this past fall and winter.  The above ground propane tanks were replaced by a single large buried tank.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1535\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1535-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-913\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-913'>\n\t\t\t\tSouth Street and West Street merging\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1534\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1534-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-912\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-912'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking down towards Spencer Brook Farm\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1533\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1533-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-911\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-911'>\n\t\t\t\tDowned trees in the upper field.  The old cart path (on the left) is completely blocked by a fallen maple tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/2016\/05\/01\/doings-around-carlisle-spring-is-trying-to-sneak-in\/img_1531\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1531-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-910\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-910'>\n\t\t\t\tThis maple tree is really big.  The fallen bits are a foot to foot-and-a-half in diameter.  Firewood!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1530\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1530-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1529\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1529-e1457883935246-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/img_1528\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1528-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks late, but some photos of winter storm damage. Today (3\/13\/2016) is now fully spring. I was in NYC late last week and it was 81 degrees on Thursday down there AND in Carlisle. Things are not kicking into gear in terms of spring growth &#8211; but you can see it out on [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sixthelement.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}