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Planting Trees on the Farm – Good Times

We had a good time as a family on the farm planting fruit and nut bearing trees. We planted fruit and nut bearing trees and bushes. We were able to plant 41 trees and 15 bushes including Trees (Fruit)ApricotMulberryNectarinePawPawPeachAsian PearKieffer PearPecanPlumPlumcot Trees (Nut)Black WalnutChestnut Bushes (Fruit)BlueberryElderberryGoji Berry MedicinalComfrey The comfrey is planted with trees and …

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Helping Out in Hot Springs After Helene and Camping on Troublesome Gap

We were blessed to have the opportunity to help out with the recovery in Hot Springs, NC. The amount of damage was hard to see, but the local businesses are working hard to get back up and running. It is going to take a while. I think the attitude was best expressed by the sign …

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Let Us Race

We had a great time participating in the autocross at the NC Car facility.

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Damage from Hurricane Helene in WNC

We had the privilege of going to help with the recovery for a few days. The damage is hard to describe. One of the major problems is that the power and data infrastructure can’t be repair because major swathes of power lines and power poles are just gone. Power poles snaped in half. Cars wrapped …

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Designing a Gift Basket

Simply Us Farm is a local farm that my wife and I run. One of the projects for this year is to develop gift boxes for Christmas. I wanted to share some of the thinking behind the process of designing the gift boxes. Usually my blog entries focus on the design sides of new product …

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Western NC Hurricane Damage Update

The damage in WNC is horrible. We have family we can’t contact. If you need to check on family, here is a tool that allows you to see which roads are blocked. https://drivenc.gov You can also use google maps to select a route. The DriveNC site is more pessimistic than the google maps. When I …

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Farm and Forest – Digital Detox at Its Finest

Starting a farm has been quite an experience. Jack Spirko often contends on his podcast that answers can be found in the forest. I’m thinking that most answers can be found in the forest and farm because we already know the answer most of the time. We just need to face to up the answer …

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Digital Detox

We had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Troublesome Gap. It was nice to get away and also nice to enjoy camping on a campsite that I had the opportunity to design. The campsite has 100% positive reviews on HipCamp going back to 2022. This has been a fun project that guests enjoy tremendously. …

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Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass

Sometimes the moment is just enough. I am a blessed man.

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Chapter 4 – Importance of Traditions

While camping, one thing you’ll end up developing are traditions. Some are big, some are gigantic, some are small, but all are valuable. How to build traditions. Over time, enjoyable repeated activities can grow into traditions. Or, traditions can happen by accident. Something may work well once, so you repeat it. By the tenth time …

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Chapter 3 – Finding Priceless Moments

Remember the Meme on Pinterest that I talked about in the first chapter? It showed a Prius at the top of the image, and at the bottom a Jeep in the desert sitting on the crest of a hill, in front of a sunset. A guy and his kids are in the Jeep enjoying the …

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Chapter 2 – Types of Camping

Check out my books on camping There are many different levels of engagement when you’re camping. Anywhere between an epic adventure like Man vs. Wild or perhaps one where more creature comforts are brought from home. Either is fine as long as you can physically pull it off and afford it. The goal is to …

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Church Men’s Group Brainstorming Session

A local church wants to develop a community of men through events that resonate with the community and meet the needs of local men and also men within the church. After some mens events that really didn’t gain traction in the church, the next step was conduct a brainstorming session and solicit ideas from men …

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Why Go Camping?

So, you’ve almost decided to go camping; but you’re wondering what you can expect. Will there be stress or relaxation? You may experience physical pain from usually unused muscles, or perhaps the benefits will outweigh the perceived negatives. This is a good thought process to have. Properly planned camping trips can cause relaxation. Planned properly, …

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Honey from the Farm

We have honey ready to ship or for local pickup. We are so excited. This honey is raw and from our farm. This is the first time we’ve ever had honey for sale. Contact us for local pick up or visit here for honey shipped to your door.

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