Three more pictures

Here are few miscellaneous pictures from yesterday's walkabout.



The first is a crayfish mound. This is what they build when it rains a lot, apparently to keep the water from running down their holes. This one is about 6 inches tall.





This is just one multiflora rose bush. It is about 9 feet across. Nothing grows under it. You can see why we are trying to get rid of them.







Another invasive I've been cutting out is autumn olive. I cut this one last summer. You can see the stumps at the top of the picture. In the foreground is what used to be a very large pile of trunks and branches from it. All but the thickest branches were consumed in the accidental fire a month ago. This is another benefit of the fire that I wasn't expecting.