Table of Contents
Foreword i
Introduction v
Spring
Let's Get This Party Started 3
The Food Starts Here 15
The Significance of Birds 25
Springers 27
Conversation with a Six-Year-Old 39
Firewood I: Inventory 41
Off the Deep End 47
Summer
Digging Deep 59
Give and Take 69
The Significance of Birds II 85
Summer, Eventually 87
Firewood II: Product Management 87
You Can't Eat Dahlias 101
Kings of Summer 107
Autumn
Something Bright and Shiny 123
Blackberries 131
Light in the Forest 137
Conversation with a Three-Year-Old 147
Last Chance 149
The Significance of Birds III 159
Firewood III: Procurement 161
Another World 165
Winter
Going Coastal: Guns and Shovels 173
Prius Envy 185
The Significance of Birds IV 193
On the Road 195
Deep Freeze 201
Conversation with Stacy 211
Firewood IV: Production 213
Crab for Christmas 219
Gratitude 229