It has been windy these last few days which has reminded us of how wind free this summer was. 
However while I was at work there must have been one really strong wind – here they call it a Flat Wind. Whatever it was, it managed to topple two trees by the cows concrete pad.
They fell straight over the fence and into Pats paddock. 
Two of my Mulberries. There are so few big trees here.
I opened the gate and let the cows through. They had those leaves stripped and gobbled up in half an hour.
Mulberry leaves are very high in protein. In fact they are a really good feed for all the animals. I have a whole stand of mulberries on the other side that I call my drought forest. ( It is a very, very young forest but in twenty years I hope it proves itself to whoever is here). Whichever way the climate tips more trees are always better. They can be feed for animals. The mulberry can be pollarded and will quickly grow back. It is great firewood. And feeds birds and me with those berries. They are great dehydrated and thrown into salads. Or frozen and added to smoothies all winter. And it is a native to the Midwest areas. Both the red mulberry and the white mulberry are natives.
These lost trees were growing for shade so it is a shame they fell.
They will be dried for firewood for next year.
It is this year we need the firewood, though this is not my department. The wood shed is not looking good for this time of year. I just know that turning on the all-house heating will be too much for our revised budget this year so I hope it is not too cold.
I work in a very cold environment at the flourmill so it will be all the same to me. I am gathering as much warm clothing (my farm warmies are not presentable at all) as I can, so I can stay warm in that vast warehouse with those cold shiny concrete floors!
This morning’s bread is almost ready for baking so I had better get moving.
Talk soon.
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
17 responses to “FALLING DOWN”
I have no idea why, but I cannot ‘like’ any of your posts! I’ve been trying for a while now and it fights me.
In any case, I was going to say that I work in a warehouse so I’m also used to the cold, even more than the men I work with. I’m actually sitting outside now and it’s about 4c. It’s ok as the hot flashes keep me self-heated these days! Sorry about the mulberries. I never had one, they sound so versatile.
It’s always such a shame to lose trees. We have inherited a lot of beautiful trees in our new garden and luckily had them professionally pollarded (I think that’s the word!) as when we got back from Spain after a long break, many neighbours had lost trees or had damage caused by branches in high winds and ours were fine thanks to their haircuts! Firewood for our wood burner is now in good supply too.