One of the tall yellow poplars we'll be using to build our home.

The northwest boundary marker on Buckeye Mountain, likely placed by the loggers.

An abandoned car (not on our property) belonging to our nonagenarian neighbor George.

View of Walker Mountain, to the south of our property.

Melissa monkeying around in the tree in front of the barn.

An old springhouse used for cold storage.

The mess of undergrowth we're left with as a result of the logging.

An animal track near a newly-found seasonal spring.

Reviewing the list of potential houselogs on a GPS unit.

The future garden...this was formerly the orchard, and later a log loading area.

The weathered animal barn, a local landmark.

The garden's first bed, planted with onion sets.

We spent an afternoon putting seeds into these flats.

Our temporary home, an 18-foot Midas travel trailer.

The basic framework for Melissa's small greenhouse.

The animal barn, with Bear Springs Branch flowing in the foreground.

The completed greenhouse, ready for seedlings.

Greenhouse seedlings just beginning to grow.

Sunflowers and cauliflowers thriving in the greenhouse.

Looking across the road to the barn and trailer.

Melissa planting in the expanded garden.

Other half of the garden, with the branch and road in background.

Our water source, a small spring near the trailer.

Melissa watering newly transplanted sunflowers.

The woodpile stacked reasonably neatly against the barn.