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Warrick & Jenkins at Home - 2005

This was the beginning of the new year in our new home. We were snug and warm all winter, but it is clear that we're not in California any more. January Snow

During the sale the previous fall we had taken advantage of Kubota's no-interest financing and purchased a small tractor. We had no idea how necessary an item it would turn out to be. Ruth on tractor

Through late winter and spring, first with chain saw, then with tractor and chipper, we cleared downed trees, 15-year-old logging slash and assorted debris. This created a lovely understory in the "forest" on the bank behind our house. forest

more forest

John and the tractor more-or-less leveled a path through the forest. Along it, we spread the composted sheep manure that we had cleared away from the barn a couple of years ago; then we scattered a big bag of grass seed before letting mother nature do the rest. path
After we had chipped all of the branches that we could, we rented a splitter and made firewood of the larger logs that we had cleared from the forest understory. wood pile

a snake that swallowed an elephant

We selected a spot on the bank overlooking the water where we'd like to build a gazebo. So far, we've only made a path to the spot. path

Here's the view from out "spot" on the bluff. Once we have a platform, with a railing, we won't feel so exposed when we wander up there to take in the view. view from the bluff

The rest of our year has been consumed with small improvements to our landscape. We put in a bit of a garden, seen here surrounded by electrified cattle fence to keep the deer out. garden

After breaking the ground in our "garden spot" we had to clear out lots of rocks in order to be able to plant. The rocks later became landscaping around our well and water storage. well

Other landscaping projects were planter boxes (made from more of the redwood that we carted up here from our Los Osos house), a bit of a flower garden around the front windows (bordered with scraps of decking planks turned on end), and a never-ending series of deer-deterent measures, most of which didn't work.
Electric cattle fence works. Chicken wire completely surrounding roses works. Whirligigs don't work. The dog - in this case a vacationing neighbor's hound that we are dog sitting for several weeks - mostly doesn't work. He sleeps right through deer feeding forays unless they actually migrate right under his sleeping nose.
front entry

front window garden

back deck

Finally, we really don't spend all of our time on household projects. John has restored our Zodiac (The Liki-Tiki II). We use it to go crabbing. That's a crab bait can that John is holding. John fishes more than I; we also go clamming and shrimping. From time to time we hike, canoe, bike. Both of us still volunteer at the park. We can finally call ourselves VIP's (but it stands for Volunteer-in-Park). garden

garden

John the mighty hunter, with a selection of his catch. front entry

This was the beginning of the new year in our new home. We were snug and warm all winter, but it is clear that we're not in California any more.
During the sale the previous fall we had taken advantage of Kubota's no-interest financing and purchased a small tractor. We had no idea how necessary an item it would turn out to be.
Through late winter and spring, first with chain saw, then with tractor and chipper, we cleared downed trees, 15-year-old logging slash and assorted debris. This created a lovely understory in the "forest" on the bank behind our house.

John and the tractor more-or-less leveled a path through the forest. Along it, we spread the composted sheep manure that we had cleared away from the barn a couple of years ago; then we scattered a big bag of grass seed before letting mother nature do the rest.
After we had chipped all of the branches that we could, we rented a splitter and made firewood of the larger logs that we had cleared from the forest understory.

We selected a spot on the bank overlooking the water where we'd like to build a gazebo. So far, we've only made a path to the spot.
Here's the view from out "spot" on the bluff. Once we have a platform, with a railing, we won't feel so exposed when we wander up there to take in the view.
The rest of our year has been consumed with small improvements to our landscape. We put in a bit of a garden, seen here surrounded by electrified cattle fence to keep the deer out.
After breaking the ground in our "garden spot" we had to clear out lots of rocks in order to be able to plant. The rocks later became landscaping around our well and water storage.
Other landscaping projects were planter boxes (made from more of the redwood that we carted up here from our Los Osos house), a bit of a flower garden around the front windows (bordered with scraps of decking planks turned on end), and a never-ending series of deer-deterent measures, most of which didn't work. Electric cattle fence works. Chicken wire completely surrounding roses works. Whirligigs don't work. The dog - in this case a vacationing neighbor's hound that we are dog sitting for several weeks - mostly doesn't work. He sleeps right through deer feeding forays unless they actually migrate right under his sleeping nose.


Finally, we really don't spend all of our time on household projects. John has restored our Zodiac (The Liki-Tiki II). We use it to go crabbing. That's a crab bait can that John is holding. John fishes more than I; we also go clamming and shrimping. From time to time we hike, canoe, bike. Both of us still volunteer at the park. We can finally call ourselves VIP's (but it stands for Volunteer-in-Park).

John the mighty hunter, with a selection of his catch.