Recent content by RuralKanuck

Well I am truly impress by the number of folks who thought my response to Robin had merit, I am just not sure if it was my wonderful looking runaway dog or my words, got a hunch its 'Shadow'!

Well mine went out with me around noon, took off with me yelling fruitlessly out near the road and did not return till and hour after dark. Now do you give em hell for running away or praise for returning?

An interesting thread, I was surprised to see how many 'townees' would either like to live in a country place or had been forced to move to town for 'convenience. Having lived in a wide variety of rural villages in both GB and Canada all my near 80 life I dont know how long I would last in a...

Memories from way back ..... I remember assisting in the development of a 'continuous action' matchbox making machine (outer shell) on the upper floor of this British factory in approximately 1968 just prior to emigrating to Canada in 69. At the time I was working as an electrician for...

As a follow up the the positive response I got to my earlier post in this thread I wonder how may of those here are in town with neighbors close, as in a apartment or 'home', or in a more isolated situation. As a lifelong rural resident now in my own home out of sight of the road in my 40 acre...

When the loggers had to go back to the lower sections of pines to thin that area they widened the trail going back there to make way for their huge machines. In doing so they cut a number of mature ash trees which they then put aside for me to deal with and use for future wood stove fuel. I just...

At 80 having lost my wife 8 years ago now and living in on my own property in a rural location I am fortunate in having my working son passing through each morning and having supper with me most evenings. With without that interaction I would be in the funny farm, I do wonder how those of you...

That limb was standing dead before they started logging so I dont think their actions had any effect on it!

This huge Maple that overlooks the lower area of pines and took 6 people to encircle it holding hands lost one of its limbs over the winter and is now showing several more dead limbs. It is one of only two of this size on my property and I must assume it was left standing when this area was...

Here are a few pictures of the one section of pine before the logging started in 2024, after they were all done in the spring of 2025 and then now in the fall of 2025 showing the deciduous regrowth already starting to hide the mess. Other areas are not showing as much regrowth but this section...

Indeed the volume of new deciduous growth showing now just one summer after the removal of probably 60% of the pines is considerable. I am going to try and find a few pictures of that regrowth to post here later.

Having shown the damage to the trails and some of my efforts to repair the more essential access it is perhaps time to show the more positive actions of nature once spring arrived. The very first flower to pop up in the freshly logged area was this Red Trillium, one of several here where non had...

Getting back to the condition the trails were left in after the logging was all done below are a few pictures from the following spring once the snow melted off them and I got a good look at them. I was able to fill in the ruts going ACROSS the huge ruts in a couple of spots to access the...

An interesting discussion, as long time rural guy my main phone has been copper land line all my life....until the last few years. Over the last 3 or 4 years my phone was increasingly not working and was not getting fixed for days or in some cases weeks. As a former electrician I started...

When those logger went back to the one section of pines they had to widen my trail back in order to get their huge machines back there to cut and gather the pines. In doing so they had to remove some mature Ash trees which they set off to the side for my use later. Having spent quite a bit of...