The Celilo Indians hold their Salmon celebration this weekend up on the Columbia.  My salmon fever wracked husband caught the first fish in our household today, not long after he dropped me off at the dock so I could go to work.  Always nice to know we have some in the freezer, especially this time [...]

and not a drop to irrigate.  My husband and I fell in love with a piece of Clackamas county a couple of weeks ago…great price, good location, perfect aspect, on a paved but quiet road, excellent soils.  There is water on the property, a creek runs along the bottom, and there is at least one [...]

I have begun my land search in earnest this fall.  I am getting excited as this weekend I saw the first farm that might actually work for what I want to do.  It is different than looking for a house, as the house is totally secondary to the land in terms of my priorities, although [...]

I have been away from my computer.  I will return once the rains set in in earnest.

One of the great perks of being a teacher is the breaks in the academic schedule.  We just had our fall break, and this year it coincided with 7 days of glorious weather.  The husband also had some time, so we did some fishing and crabbing out at the coast. The fish my husband caught [...]