A dinner of artichokes and ratatouille from my garden

Artichokes and ratatouille from my garden

Adding Drip Irrigation - after the fact

Better late than never - drip irrigation inspired by the Bellevue Botanical Garden watering system

Putting in a Water Feature

Loads upon loads of compost – I’m digging, hauling, dumping, spreading until my back and knees and hips are screaming in pain. But of course, as the days pass, I’m getting into the rhythm and all of a sudden the structure of a garden appears. Is this a pond?

Fungi Friends

When my son comes to visit, we walk slowly through the trails of the Ash Family Forest looking for interesting mushrooms and fungi

Preserving our forest

I grew up around these trees, running through the forest barefoot with friends, crawling under huckleberry bushes to make camps

Building Habitat in the Forest

Smaller branches and thinned logs make great Critter Piles in our Ash Family Forest

Ash Family Forest, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertMarch 26, 2021Ash Family Forest

Making Trails

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.

Ash Family Forest, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertMarch 12, 2021Ash Family Forest

A Day in the Ash Family Forest

Another day working in the Ash Family Forest and thinking this would have been easier if I was 30 again!

Ash Family Forest, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertMarch 12, 2021Ash Family Forest

Working in the Forest

All of the trails through our forest are created by hand, but this new cart my hubby built (along with our new ATV) will make dragging all of the tools into the forest so much easier!

Ash Family Forest, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertFebruary 27, 2021Ash Family Forest