final planting

i've started to put in the final planting for my winter garden. made a small harvest this morning. it's hard to believe that things are ready to pick. i'm heading down to the faerie camp this afternoon to meet the loggers who are clearing land for us. i have a feeling it's going to look a bit like new orleans when they're done. logging always seems to leave a big mess and a feeling of loss. but, looking at the big picture, we're conserving about 160 acres as wilderness, so a couple acres cut is perhaps a fair price. the trees that are cut will be used, either for veneer, lumber or firewood. we're going to keep all the hemlock for our own construction. there is a satellite image of new orleans (8/31/05) at digital globe. the place i stay and most of my friend's places miraculously didn't get flooded. they're all along the river. i wonder if they knew they'd bought houses on high ground? i bet people will be thinking about that in the future, at least for a little while, until everyone forgets, which doesn't seem to take long.