Views of Cora

This is Cora's east facing slope, seen from near the scary little house. In mid-March, we planted two Bitter Cherry Trees, two Serviceberry Trees, and about six Red Flowering Currents in the scraped and slash-covered part of the hill.

We've been talking about the best way to eliminate the beat back the Himalayan Blackberry which is happily taking over the world out there. It's too much for us to do by hand! Bringing in a machine might further tear up the soil and destroy our small Doug Fir and the native plants. We need a crew.

So Dale contacted Earth Corps. They specialize in restoration. Usually they work for non-profit organizations, but they recently decided to consider private projects on a case-by-case basis. Because we have some wetland and a plan to reforest a significant portion of the property, they decided they would be interested in helping us 'restore habitat'. We are so happy to have input from an expert group like Earth Corps! The crew is expensive @ $25.00 per manhour, so this isn't a done deal yet. But Dale will meet with one of the project managers on Monday and see how much work we're looking at.