Musings from the Mountaintop

Creepy Crawlers
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Creepy Crawlers

Vining plants such as Western Honeysuckle and Poison Oak will climb your trees and deform or girdle them.

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Harsh Site Tree
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Harsh Site Tree

Incense Cedar is gaining popularity as forest owners struggle with Douglas-fir survival in increasingly hot and dry Pacific Northwest summers.

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Dad’s Hard Hat
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Dad’s Hard Hat

Recently I came across my father’s hard hat in my shop and it still had the toilet paper in a plastic bag tucked in the liner and this brought back memories.

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Locust Grove That Won’t Give Up
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Locust Grove That Won’t Give Up

When my father purchased our farm it had a small grove of locust trees that grew along  the creek that were planted by the pioneers.

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