Hinotori's house

[Hinotori]

Ashes back when he wasn't stained from the mud

 

[Hinotori]

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Forgive a Texan for asking this question, but is that a cherry tree? Whatever it is - it's beautiful. And the chicken is gorgeous too!

 

[Hinotori]

It's a hawthorn. The birds eat the berries in winter. We have a lot of them here.

Thorns up to three inches long on the variety we have. If they poke you, it tends to get infected.

We chopped the bottom branches off the ones along that fence this last spring. Now I can walk under them and mow easier. They also look nicer.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Three Inch Thorns - YIKES! Makes sense to trim it, for sure!

 

[Hinotori]

Hawthorns right before we trimmed them last spring.

 

[Hinotori]

Luke sitting at the base of one of the hawthorns this summer. That's a very old fence post that it's growing around.

Hawthorn berries

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow!

 

[Mini Horses]

Look but don't touch? LOL Sure looks pretty.

 

[Hinotori]

They make a beautiful backdrop for pictures. The berries are edible, but are bland and a bit mealy. The chickens think they are ok, not blackberry good. The wild birds eat a lot of them this time of year.