Tag: nature
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It’s Spring so Bear With Me
Well, that was a hiatus. I’ve got some fun updates though. We’ve started ramping up getting ready to make our final move from the city to the country which is really exciting. The move won’t be for a few months yet but we just keep checking off big things on the house so it’s moving…
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Boletes and Allies
Most people only know the little button mushrooms in the grocery store. White caps with little chocolatey gills. Maybe they know creminis known more commonly as baby bellas. A few more will know chanterelles, morels, and maybe lobsters based off of local ecology/availability and their grocery store/fine dining budget, but there’s a whole world of…
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The Last of the PNW Big Predators
So we’ve been running ourselves a little ragged lately. It’s been a lot of stuff with the house, our road, and a lot of back and forth between the city and the country as decisions have to be made. There just hasn’t been steam left after a 3-4 hour round trip car ride 3 times…
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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…
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