The Fern Swamp Lives!

Who ever heard of a dry swamp? Usually around this time of year, I like to walk down my road to this little undeveloped lot that is under water and covered with beautiful lush green ferns. I like to take pictures of it. So down the trail I went.



Huh? Where is all the water? Where are all the ferns?





Today I carried my SMLE and my .22 revolver. This large hollow tree is usually surrounded by water.





These are the dead dry stalks of last year's ferns. It has been too dry.



So back out to the road and home I walked.



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At least a few Fiddlehead Ferns are starting to grow in my yard.

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I did a little wood splitting and cut some curls with the Scrap Muk.

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Rain is supposed to be on the way. That will green things up and bring out the ferns. Maybe I'll carry my new Busse HG55LE next time and get some decent pictures.

Thanks for sharing, some of us cant get out so its nice that you share. Man I hope that the rain comes real soon for you!

Is that a rainwalker sheath in his new coyote brown?

Yes, it sure is, and it fits perfectly.

Nice pics and sheath! We could use some rain, too. Next month, maybe.

That Muk is the sweetest knife I ever had from The Yard. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

I use mine for EVERYTHING!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I only wish I had a sheath for mine too Vic. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

But I NEVER forget ... Good things come to those who wait! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Jeff... fingers bleeding yet? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Peace.

It is much more beefy and substantial than the pics indicate. I broke a nice knife batoning this maple, and the Muk just breezed right through it. It's a great all-around knife, even if it is a little different looking.

We got a little rain a few days ago.

The BIG rain that the Weather Channel predicted for us was just a little shower. They need to stop all that global warming scare crap and hire some good forecasters!

Thanks for sharing the pics and your walk-about. I noticed last week when I was out a lot of the little streams and ponds are dry, of course that makes sense here since we are in a drought of sorts.

The MUK does shine nice in the woods, and I got to say I love that little Smitty you got with you.

eesh! I'm in the panhandle and we're flooded!

Nice pics HD, Its raining hard here in Augusta now, so you should be getting it soon.

nice pics. you live in a beautiful area.

+1 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> Looking good Vic! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It rained hard after midnight for a good hour or more. I bet that swamp has water in it this morning. My little yard swamp does.

Our winter storm warning turned into a non-event thank goodness! We only got a little ice and snow overnight, and it melted off as it's near 50 degrees now. Looking like Spring again! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Private Klink, got to love it! Spring is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dang, HD, you live in an awesome area. Swamps are very interesting places.

More rain. It's been raining all week. I think the swamp is wet again by now.

I'm getting my hands on a Rainwalker Coyote Brown Kydex Sheath for my Scrap Muk... yeah buddy!!!

Now that the rain has finally ended, time to check out my yard and the little fern swamp. My wetlands have returned.



As soon as it dries, I have some mowing to do, but for now, I can enjoy the wildflowers that have sprung up.



My drainage ditch is full. That's a good sign that the swamp may have returned.



Down the old trial I went, so far, so good.



Unless I want to get wet, this is as far as I can go on this trail.



I'll have to hack my way through this thick stuff to get to the fern swamp. If I had my old boots on, I'd just wade the trail. It would be easier going for this fat old man. I used my Busse SAR7 Bowie (not available in stores) as a machete.





At last, I'm at the swamp. The ferns are coming to life. In a week it will be a green lush jungle of them.

great pics ! i'd have gone wading no prob....



uh wait...you guys got them snakes and crocs right?

alligator or crocs...they make good eating

Took a walk back to the fern swamp today. It's been raining for four days, so I took advantage of a break in the rain to get out and about. Good thing I did the yard last week, too wet now.


Today I used the Urban Mutt as my micro-machete. Keeping limbs off the trails reduces getting ticks and such when I walk them. The swamp is back. No wonder nobody ever built here. I like it just the way it is anyway.



The private drive, known as East-West Blvd. What a dumb name for it. Real estate developers just have a knack for giving roads dumb names. It should be Horn Dog Road.

Back at my own property, I checked the edge on my Mutt. Who says a thick knife won't cut?

The weather has been strange, 58 to 62 degrees, windy and rainy. Sounds more like pitman's weather than coastal Georgia's. Things have greened up. Checked the view out back.



Touched up the edge with my paddle strop. It isn't just for Bark River knives, you know. It works fine on Scrappers, too.
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This is one Barkie that is almost as tough as a Scrap Yard knife, the Bravo-1 in CPM 154. Nice knife.
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If you touch up your knives after each use, they never get dull.

Nice pics...looks like you got a lot of rain where your at, definitly needed it too.

Nice looking walk there Vic.

Nice pics which of those two do you carry most often?

Neither, lately. I usually carry the Bird Dog. For a while it was the SS4, and the Bravo-1. I try to show all my knives some love, but there are just so many.

A thick knife can cut meaner than hell if HD is doing the sharpening... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

+1 on that one! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

HD,
cool looking place

Nice pics! Looks like a really nice place to live <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />