We have a little piece of land in Western North Carolina. It’s been a few years since we’ve been on it, and even longer since we worked on it.
Here are some “before” photos from 2003.
Lots of hardwoods 
And Mountain Laurel thickets 
Ferns on the north side of the ridge
The land straddles a ridge, with most of it on the south side. The north side is full of ferns.
A year later we cut down some trees for the “home site”, and even got a septic permit (good for 5 years.)
I wonder what this spot looks like now.
So we’ll be back later this year. We are waiting for a good freeze to kill the chiggers first.
