The forest floor is very interesting in the Spring. We are an unofficial tree farm, with maples far outnumbering the many species. Thousands of maple seedlings dot the 80 acres. Other prolific species are red pine, white pine, white birches, yellow birches, hemlock, balsam and also, there are many choke cherry trees. Oddly, I can only locate one oak tree on the whole 80.
If no cutting is done in the next few years, the white pines and red pines will begin to fill in the fields and we will become more forest like.
There was a doe standing in the upper field looking very ready to have fawns. She wasn't disturbed by me, so I will look again later in the week to see if she has fawns up there.
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