Where once there was a forest (pre- 1900), a wheat field (until the ’30’s), a strawberry field, a hay field (until the ’80’s), and a Christmas tree bough farm (until we purchased it 2 years ago), will now become our garden to feed our family, friends, and local community members. StartFragment This land has been dormant for a long while. As you walk through the Christmas trees, there is this odd sensation of being in a dead zone. Very little understory, very little light as