This spectacular paper birch stands about 600 feet northeast of the house, near one of our main walking trails heading toward the jut. There's so much to praise about the state tree of New Hampshire!
Back toward the west, a vigorous young red oak weathered another winter quite well. The tree, which has doubled in height over the last five years, stands to the north of two large white pines that mark a big turn in our main loop trail.
Critters, mainly deer, made a lot of prints in the snow that fell this week. We have surpassed 6.5 feet of snow for the season.
Winter walks help to visualize forest work set for the looming warmer months. These red maple stump sprouts are destined to become kindling.
The bowsaw took down two quaking aspen three weekends ago. There's some good kindling on the crowns of these trees. The wood is soft, but we'll still cut, split, and move the trees for burning in the 2018-19 season. These two trees stood near the big paper birch in this post's first photo.
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