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River bank stabilization

A few days ago, the workers from the Tillamook Estuary Partnership came out again, this time to plant riverbank stabilizing seedlings along our creek. These are a low-growing variety of willow, and they planted a thousand of them in one day. … Continue reading

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Underground stream

Sorry it’s been so long since a post; we’re sortof in limbo waiting on a few house items that are beyond our control. I do still go out to the house regularly, though, and work on subprojects that aren’t on the critical … Continue reading

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Salmon run

  It is now confirmed with our own eyes: we DO have a salmon run in our little creek! We were assured by fish & game wardens, biologists, and foresters that this was a salmon bearing stream, but seeing them splashing … Continue reading

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Yard patrol

When I was a kid, my dad worked at the Pentagon. Now that I’m older, I realize that it was probably a pretty stressful job. Oftentimes when he’d come home in the evening, he’d take off his uniform, put on … Continue reading

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An estuaries partnership

A few months ago, we started discussions with the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, a local conservation group that works to protect the watershed and salmon habitat in this area.  They work in a lot of different ways, and one of them … Continue reading

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Gravel Creek

I’ve taken to calling the property that is to become the new home of our farm (and us!) “Gravel Creek.” This is to avoid confusion when I say things like “I have to pop by the farm to pick up … Continue reading

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