It's a beautiful fall this year for showing homes, farms and land plus doing a little deer hunting. While in the...
Forestry and Wildlife Articles
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act & Lake Anna, Virginia
If real estate on our near Lake Anna, Virginia interests you, please attend the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act forum...
2012 Virginia Fall Fire Season
Check out the Virginia Department of Forestry's web site for info on Fall Fire Season (Oct. 15 to Nov. 30). Remember...
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...
Virginia Department of Forestry – Women’s Landowner Workshop
I just got the "News Release" below from the good folks at the Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF). What a great opportunity for women to learn more about landownership. I enjoy attending the DOF workshops and always learn something! If you are...
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...
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...
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...
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...