Day 3 or 4 or 16 thousand of working on this space. I have no concept of time anymore. But life is great and they say time flies when you’re having fun. Taking down big trees with one of my best friends for the past couple of decades made for suc…
Read moreOne of my favorite sayings is, “Nothing works unless you do!” Not a single time has my wife complained about this big land adventure being too much work. She never complains. Head down, move forward, and make it work. This day was no except…
Read moreWhen you think of wood-destroying insects, I bet you immediately think of termites. In this case, we’ve got beetles—lots of them. We have some kind of combination of Ips Engraver Bettles, Southern Pine Beetles, and/or Black Turpentine Beetles. I&…
Read moreI’m not sure if we will be able to get roots started in the two acre clearing before winter. We still have too many holes and lumps and bumps to start seeding. One improvement we can immediately make, however, is to condense our burning locations…
Read moreSometimes, you have to slow down and smell the roses or the fresh wild hog droppings on the side of the river bank. Either will do. A couple friends and I went exploring in a waterway that eventually flows into Sardis Lake in North Mississippi. We fish…
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