Here is Shawn in the center of what will be partially our homesite and partially land that we are clearing and opening up to be garden/field space. Many of the trees left in this picture (he's already taken several down by the time of the taking of this photo) are no longer standing. This area gets a ton of sun and will be great for gardens galore and good passive solar gain in the winter. The undergrowth in this area is mostly weeds and a curious sort of thing that looks a bit like a many fingered fern, but is definitely NOT in the fern family. It's almost a fleshy sort of plant - I'm completely at a loss as to how to describe it. In any case, it gets quite tall! There is another huge brush pile to the right of Shawn in the picture, which has expanded many times in size since the taking of this photo. I think this photo was taken last week on the fourth, which was our second day of clearing. We're having a lot of fun!