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April with Stu and Carol @ Hemphill Angus/Coast Range Forest Products

April 26, 2011 · 4 comments

Stu and Carol Stu and Carol are good farmers and good folks. Carol grew up in small-town Northern California in a highly resourceful cattle-ranching family. Stu is from Oswego, Oregon (before it was annexed into Lake Oswego). Both graduated from Oregon State University and were married soon after. Stu settled into a career in the […]

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Homestead Logging and Milling

April 16, 2011 · 4 comments

Red alder (Alnus rubra) is prolific in the Pacific Northwest. It tends to seed in early after disturbances, mature quickly, and get “overripe” (begin to decay ) when full-grown at about 60 years old. We had four good-sized alders that had started to rot. Four trees weren’t enough to make a full log-truck load, so […]

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