Due to the forest on our property, calculating sun angles is critical data for selecting which trees would need to be cut down for solar access and which trees beyond that southerly triangle can live on into the future. I researched how to create a solar path chart for wherever you are located in...
A couple hours of Internet surfing this evening, investigating gear. Chainsaw: We'll need to get one, so I started some basic research. My first priority was trying to see if I could find a low emission model. There are relatively recent EPA regulations for small engine products...
Karen harvested stinging nettles from our land, since the plants are springing up and are at their tender best as young shoots. She later hung them upside down in bunches in our basement, keeping them in a dark, dry location. Nettles have a pretty amazing sting from even the slightest touch. A...
We walked along the beach of Long Point twice this weekend, once in the evening and once in the morning. It's a great beach along the north pointing, driftwood-strewn land. Because of its unique projection out into the mouth of Penn Cove, it offers unobstructed views east, north,...
We completed our first home on the property: a tent. We selected a nice flat spot in the middle of the land, by the old Pacific yew and Douglas fir trees that Karen is standing between. It was very quiet and peaceful... Karen did not wear earplugs to sleep, for the first time in many years.