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In Bad Naturalist, an Author Settles on a Mountain Top and Tries to Farm

Modern Farmer

What she found was 200 acres of old farmland atop a Virginia mountain. Two hundred years ago, many of these hillsides were timbered for orchards. Around forty years ago, most of the orchards were replaced with cattle pasture. The forest encroached on the meadow, pioneer poplar, locust, and sassafras saplings taking the lead.

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