I live on the edge of miles of undeveloped woods. My acreage has black spruce and tamarack forests bordering peat bogs, gardens and a lot of lawn!
I am a steward of a small part of an Environmentally Significant Area where red stripe garter snakes hunt leopard frogs near rare wild orchids.
This kind of land is called an ECOTONE. I think of it as the place where worlds interesect.
A few years ago, we decided to build a lamp post and bench in the middle of the woods to symbolize our place between wilderness and civilization. Fans of C.S. Lewis will understand!
It is an in-between zone, where forests meet grasslands, peatbogs meet pastures, and humans meet wilderness.
An acreage can be a lot of work, but watching generations of wildlife thrive where I live is something I truly appreciate every single day.
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