French Creek Valley was formed some millions of years ago by the French Creek which takes its water and its erosion energy from a watershed of only 12 square miles and is fed intermittently from two no-name streams that come down from the hills through our land on either side of it.
The creek constantly pokes its nose under the blacktop road that it shares with the shallow valley floor.
In fact it crosses the road seven times within two short miles. There are only a few homes in the whole valley because
this little creek can wreak havoc with any structure located close to the valley floor. Our house is 'way up the hill,
so we like it that way.
We recently did a Controlled Burn of a part of our tillable farmland.
Click Here for a short essay of that event
Building Collapse
During December of 2010 we had a record single snowfall of close to two feet. It was followed shortly by another several
inches of snow and then about an inch of ice. The weight was too much for the 40 foot by 60 foot building in which we store
most of our power equipment.
Click Here to see what happened and what we did about it
A Short Tour of Our South 40
We have 100 acres of land on the north side of our road and 40 acres on the south side. If you take this link, you can use
my first attempt at an image map to see a few things that are of interest to us on that piece of land.
Our South 40
Beaver Problems in 2011
Beavers have been killing trees on our land for a number of years since about 1980. See what we are doing about this
infestation.
Beaver Pond and Dead Trees, 2011