What’s new with us, the land, and Beau.
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The Real Tea about PNW Reishi
So my husband and I have taken to using what naturally occurs on our property. He’s made a tincture from young cedar that when a few drops are put into…
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Our Friend Bob…
We have a friend. We haven’t seen much of him or really any of him at all…except for an occasional chalky deposit he leaves on our road. He’s honestly the…
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Mushrooms Are Magic
NOTE: Mushroom foraging is not for the faint of heart. This is my journey with my risks and is not meant as an absolute guide for anyone. Please be careful…
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Ease Up: Legal Rights to Your Land to Consider before Purchase
If you’re buying land, there are a lot of considerations; not the least of which could be any of the following: What’s the side of your property that gets the…
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Birds and Cameras
Awhile back I wrote about Birds and forest management. Well, today we’re going to go a little more in-depth. So…I don’t know if you’re coming at this as seasoned birders…
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Trail Cameras
Boy, oh boy. I could talk a lot about trail cameras. They’ve become a real obsession of mine as late. With 40 acres to shoot pictures on and the full…
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To Burn or Not to Burn
We’re moving to a forest. It’s something that’s always on my mind. Our state along with most of Canada and the other Western United States tends to get lit on…
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Forest Homesteading and Fireload Management
LIMBS! Not the Victorian kind that was never allowed to be shown. Seriously, until the internet, those Brits had the MOST pornography ever! We have a young forest covering the…
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Lions and Tigers and Trespassers?
So 40 acres in the PNW, what could go wrong? INNUMERABLE things, that’s what (Note the unordered list to follow): Bears Mountain Lions Trespassers with guns Crazy neighbors Spraining an…
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Out on a Limb: Forest Maintenance
Today we spent the day limbing up Doug Firs. It sounds like easy work but with 40+ acres and two people to do it all, it’s a daunting task. Why…
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Gay on the Olympic Peninsula
My husband and I realized something early in the pandemic. We hadn’t been getting as much out of city life as we’d like for quite some time. See, we’re frugal…
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Our Constraints and Advantages
My husband reads a lot. And he reads really quickly. This means he reads almost everything. During the pandemic while our backyard garden was in full bloom he picked up…
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