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American Tree Farm System

My family's been involved in Tree Farming for years.  In the 1960's I first learned about Forestry from my grandfather while exploring his Augusta County Tree Farm.  The American Tree Farm System, Virginia Forestry Association and the Virginia Department of Forestry...

Your Home & Forest Fire Protection

Many homes can be found nestled in Central Virginia's forest (our home remains surrounded by woods).  For homes located on wells, surrounded by woods and down country roads, forest fire can become a challenge. When building or caring for your home and land, please...

Drones & Real Estate Photography/Marketing

  Recently VA Home Pics, my real estate photographers, started offering areal photos using a quadcopter.  This week we took photos of a 35+/- acre Prince Edward County, Virginia farm. I like the perspective gained from areal photography. The quad copter worked...

2014 Virginia Department of Forestry State of the Forest Report

The Virginia Department of Forestry just released the 2014 State of the Forest report.  In the Commonwealth of Virginia we often take forestry for granted.  With over 60% of the state in some type of forest (the report shows over 60% of the forests land owned by...

Virginia Fall Color

It's early October and our cooler weather begins to bring out additional colors in our trees!  At Kamp Karen we're seeing the sassafras, wild dogwood and tulip poplars starting to change from green to yellow and red.  As we move into the fall the colors will become...

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Virginia Forestry Association

Are you interested in Forestry in the Commonwealth of Virginia?  Perhaps your home is on 10 acres, and you want to manage your wood lot for wildlife and firewood or you own an urban forest home.  Or, you own 100+ acres and are interested in the federal and state tax...

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Virginia Grown – Support Virginia Agriculture

At Kamp Karen (our Louisa County, Virginia home between Zion Crossroads & Gordonsville) we try to support Virginia Agriculture.  We love the pasture raised Angus Beef we get from Foods for Thought, Inc. (they even let us bring our grandchildren out to the farm to...

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Upcoming Virginia Forestry Summit 4/26-28/2012

Usually I post about upcoming weekend events but I'm switching up this week. I wanted to let y'all know about the Virginia Forestry Associations upcoming Virginia Forestry Summit.  I continue to have a passion for forestry, wildlife and the outdoors, so I want to...

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Spring Fire Season in Virginia

Today brings the start of Spring Fire Season (February 15 to April 30) to Virginia.  I found the following in formation on the Virginia Department of Forestry web site: "The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15, 2012 – the start of spring fire...

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