Natural Health | Nature Observation

Deep Woods Bath: ImproVerse Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns July 4, 2019August 20, 2019

I emersed me in/
woods, hoping to stop dying./
I must bathe more oft.

Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Life And Death — It Happens. Sadly.
ByDavid Kuhns May 4, 2018May 5, 2018

Today, in a single, natural life and death moment, I rediscovered the phrase “To Kill A Mockingbird.” It’s spring. Birds aren’t known for paying attention when they’re in love. So it was, evidently, with the mockingbird that jumped into the path of my ragtop today. I didn’t even hear a thunk, but looking in my…

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Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

If You Look For Mushrooms, Will They Appear?
ByDavid Kuhns May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

It’s a dream to find edible wild food, but you have to really look for mushrooms. Gene and Jan are interested in putting up tree houses on their acreage on Vashon Island, WA, and running a bed and breakfast. They also enjoy foraging for wild food (and creating their own, where possible). Dreaming of oyster…

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Natural Health | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Cheap Chicken Coop, Free Fowl, First Farm-Fresh Food: Lessons Learned Setting Up Chicken Coop
ByDavid Kuhns April 4, 2019April 10, 2019

Chickens Incoming! We did it! A few months ago I found (Facebook Marketplace) an old, sturdy, used, well-built hen house and run for $50 (and the guy delivered it!). Then we asked around, and got 4 laying silkies (hens) from friends of ours who needed to trim their flock (I like free!). We went over…

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Nature Observation | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Coon Hunt On The Chickamauga – Haibun
ByDavid Kuhns July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

The old coon hunter drove his pickup truck out to my place. Ever since I’d told him that Farmer Sims planted field corn in our meadow, he’d been excited about the possibilities of a coon hunt in my corn field. I’d picked up the phone earlier in the evening: “HELLO, BROTHER!” He practically yelled. “Do…

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Natural Health | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Take Time For Forest Bathing — Nature Bathing (Which Does NOT Mean Skinny Dipping (Always))
ByMarnie June 1, 2018April 10, 2019

Something I’ve been doing for awhile is now named Forest Bathing. Because I believe Forest Bathing — emersing ones self in Nature, feeling the natural harmonic — is a way to relax, to connect with the Earth, to connect with God or a higher power, I’ve been going to the lake, the river, the mountains,…

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Nature Observation

Frost Flowers from Crownbeard Wildflowers
ByDavid Kuhns January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Our Wildflower Spiral on SpiritTreeFarms is home to crownbeard wildflowers in the summer and frost flowers with the first hard freezes of late autumn. But what are frost flowers and how do they form? Watch the video to find out! (Or read more). Dead Crownbeard Stems Wick Up Water Which Freezes Into Frost Flowers Crownbeards…

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