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Peaceable Woods

         ‘I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there.
         Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live
          and could not spare any more time for that one.’
          – Henry David Thoreau

These Woods

        These woods have remained undeveloped. Our best guess is the last time the river tract was logged was in the 1940's. The trees that were not cut at that time stand tall and mighty now. The forest features a healthy mix of old and new growth. It is somewhat unique for these times as told by the NC Forest Department when they visited [date]. They provided some insight about the complex cycles and symbiotic machinations we take for granted. We developed a forest management plan to shape the evolution as best we can.

 

        Age has informed me after much disregard that no matter what you do, trees grow and then fall down. With considerable acreage, just keeping up with the whims of nature creates significant challenges. If a tree falls and no one hears it, the fence needs fixing or the trail needs clearing. Sometimes a bit of selective harvesting is prudent but the forest seems to know how to stay a few steps ahead.

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         The galleries below contain photos of trees and native plants growing on our spot. 


       

        

Trees

Native Plants Gallery

Forest Management

        Big storms can cause big damage as we just saw with the flooding due to Hurricane Helene in 2024. We lost a lot of big White Oak and White Pine trees in that storm. The White Pine shown above on the left was a victim.  Close to twenty thousand board feet of fallen timber was removed. We have tried to log (pun intended), sometimes retro-actively, the major events that affected the evolution of the woods under our stewardship. 

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