Unglamorous Accomplishments
It's been almost 5 months since my last blog entry. Summing up so many months to a length that won't drown you is the challenge now. The reoccurring themes of this past summer seem to have been ma...
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Native plants, wildflowers, trees, and forest ecology
My Summer at Maya Creek
*Written by Sydney My summer at Maya Creek is drawing to a close. The past three months have been an amazing opportunity to do things hands-on, experiment, and explore. I have had fun attempting a wid...
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Adventures in Homesteading
My summer-long volunteer, Syndey, arrived last week. She's a Wisconsin native who has just finished an engineering degree in California. She'll mainly be focusing on the food situation, maintainin...
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Chicken of the Woods
We found this nice sized Chicken of the Woods mushroom(Laetiporus sulphureus) on a walk through the woods today. Supposedly they have a texture like chicken, we'll cook it up tomorrow and see. This is...
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Lumberjacking
It's not fun to cut down trees, for the trees or for us. No one likes using a tool as noisy, smelly, and dangerous as a chainsaw, but this last month has been packed with tree felling and processing...
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