Lisa and I had breakfast on the mountain. We stopped on an old logging landing. The view faced back into the valley bottom. Those guys tear the shit out of the place.

Logging used to employ a lot of men in the bush. Now it’s a few men in large machines that can clearcut an entire mountain in a few weeks.

It doesn’t take long and the mountain tries to hide the scar. New plants grow. It is similar after a forest fire. But the timber is slow to come back. Much slower than the 50 years the government says.

Strawberry blossoms.

Yarrow shoots.

Young nodding onion.

Oregon grape blossoms.

Last year’s yarrow. The best and safest way to forage for edible plants is to look for last year’s plants.

Young pine, the government says will be ready to chop down again in 50 years.