Tag: Forest Maintenance
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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 fire by dumbasses this time of year see exhibits 1, 2, and 3. But nothing, the Pacific Northwest (PNW) is covered in fuel! And we…
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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 hillside. It’s mostly Douglas Fir and Alder. Those trees put out a lot of the aforementioned limbs. It’s pretty typical for our part of the…
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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 are we doing this? Cuz, forest fires are a very real threat to anyone’s safety in the PNW and while our little slice of it…
Olympic Homestead 