Due to the forest on our property, calculating sun angles is critical data for selecting which trees would potentially need to be cut down for solar energy 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...
We harvested stinging nettles from the land, since the plants are springing up and are at their tender best as young shoots. We 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 light...
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 learned some interesting history about the area from our friendly easterly neighbors. It's likely that nothing has ever been built on our property except for perhaps part of a small dilapidated logging cabin from around the 1920s that was on the northwest corner of their property and partially...