I've always been very interested in nature, forests, and trees, and for a long time, I have had the ambition to possess my own patch of forest. When my wife and I moved to Texas in 2011 and purchased our house which sits on an acre of land, I started planting native trees, and now have over 50 different species of trees - it could almost be called a "Mini-Arboretum" although the trees have not had time to grow large. To explore the different tree species in my Texas yard, click on the first link below. Then, over the course of 2020 to 2022, I purchased three adjacent 10 acre plots of mature forest in the mountains of North Carolina. Now I can really say I own a forest! I have done a few visits exploring this forest and the second link below shows what I have discovered along the way.