by Jane Viehl | Oct 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Here’s what they look like now, October 11of ’25, better photos, I think than those of the last post: Before, after and after. The seven acres of woodland on the eastern slope behind the house. There are four such stacks of logs, plus great piles of slash.... by Jane Viehl | Sep 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
September 20, 2025. Come on over! Here’s the path we made, what, 10 years ago? Actually, this is looking up the path, but I wanted to take some photos this afternoon to show you what’s happening with the woodland, so bear with me, K? Here’s a look... by Jane Viehl | Sep 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’ll get to the trees, but first: “So which is harder,” I ask Larry. “All that work in the garden, locating and starting the tomato seeds, nurturing them, watering them, assembling the frames and planting them in the raised beds. Weeding,... by Jane Viehl | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
First, a correction: The butterflies mentioned in my last post were not Monarchs! Thanks to a couple of well-informed readers, “those butterflies in the Cascades were likely Tortoiseshell butterflies. Monarchs are obligates for native milkweed. Amazingly native... by Jane Viehl | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
To continue my last report on Phoenix, here are a couple of photos. This first is a look at the machine Ian and James applied to the lawn area on either side of the driveway: And here is a view of what this machine accomplished: As you can see in the first image, the... by Jane Viehl | Jul 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
But let’s start here with Charlie and Arianne: When life gives you grandkids, put them to work! Here they are culling apples in advance of the fall harvest. Charlie is our son Peter’s kid, Arianne the adorable girlfriend. They’d flown in for the...