January 30, 2024 Shed work & A look about SAFF

We thought we’d found a new type of moss but it is also a Haircap moss.

Lichen and moss are the stars of the show in the forest right now.

These turban cup lichen are so fun. How have we never noticed them before?

Ok, last one for today.

Top of the cap of Laccaria.

Beautiful reddish brown and emerging in a warm snap during a particularly cold winter near pines and poplars.

A spring that is active after rains. We noticed a bit of a larger hole inside of this.

Water pooling just above the wet weather spring with the small hole.

The larger spring that has trickled throughout the driest weather conditions.

The inside of the shed. Finally ready for insulating.

So far we have seen a large deer missing half his antlers walking by the waterway at night and a black dog with a white face strolling through at night as well since we moved the trail cam to the waterway. We saw the black dog and hoped we caught a glimpse of the bear. Not yet! We moved the trail cam to try to catch some images of the red fox family.

We continue to cut down and clear out black cherry trees and tulip poplars that are diseased and dying. Since it’s been cold this winter, we are burning them in our fireplace. It’s been nice.

Later this week, we plan to take a table and a couple of benches out to the farm to have a place to sit other than the truck. 😀

We are also looking to begin to put together a fire pit in the middle of our main clearing. A big tree stump sits there and we will dig in and put rocks inside. It will be nice to stay warm when we camp.