Tree Hugging
Wanna hug a tree with me?
Another day working in my family forest in Gig Harbor - creating trails, clearing out invasives (holly, blackberry etc), hauling brush and limbs. Love how hard physical labor consumes me - I hurt everywhere but am sleeping like a baby!
Read more about our Ash Family Forest
My home and gardens are an open canvas - come walk with me through our acre of gardens waiting to happen
When my son comes to visit, we walk slowly through the trails of the Ash Family Forest looking for interesting mushrooms and fungi
I grew up around these trees, running through the forest barefoot with friends, crawling under huckleberry bushes to make camps
Smaller branches and thinned logs make great Critter Piles in our Ash Family Forest
We are creating trails through our forest just large enough for our ATV, chipper and other forest-management gear. In keeping with our motto of staying close to the earth, all trails are built by hand.
Another day working in the Ash Family Forest and thinking this would have been easier if I was 30 again!