Zach @ these6acres
@these6acres.bsky.social
Hi BlueSky! Getting back to living in relationship with the land, and with each other, seems the best way forward. So that’s why I’m working to restore ecological balance on #these6acres on an island in the Salish Sea. Join in!
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#WhidbeyIsland
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#WhidbeyIsland
The summary includes a gallery of 21 photos from the last 7 years - please take a look! Here’s a preview of 4 of these #macrophotos that are very special to me.
#Earth is amazing. She deserves our reverence, balance, & gratitude.
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#earthlove #lifeonearth #macrophotography
#macrophoto #gratitude
#Earth is amazing. She deserves our reverence, balance, & gratitude.
🌎❤️🌿
#earthlove #lifeonearth #macrophotography
#macrophoto #gratitude
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The summary includes a gallery of 21 photos from the last 7 years - please take a look! Here’s a preview of 4 of these #macrophotos that are very special to me.
#Earth is amazing. She deserves our reverence, balance, & gratitude.
🌎❤️🌿
#earthlove #lifeonearth #macrophotography
#macrophoto #gratitude
#Earth is amazing. She deserves our reverence, balance, & gratitude.
🌎❤️🌿
#earthlove #lifeonearth #macrophotography
#macrophoto #gratitude
And here is a preview of the 16 image gallery included in this update, featuring autumn life on #these6acres.
Reach out if you’d like to see the full gallery and read the update.
Blessings to all and happy new year!
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#samhain #wheeloftheyear #whidbey #seasons #gratitude
Reach out if you’d like to see the full gallery and read the update.
Blessings to all and happy new year!
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#samhain #wheeloftheyear #whidbey #seasons #gratitude
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
And here is a preview of the 16 image gallery included in this update, featuring autumn life on #these6acres.
Reach out if you’d like to see the full gallery and read the update.
Blessings to all and happy new year!
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#samhain #wheeloftheyear #whidbey #seasons #gratitude
Reach out if you’d like to see the full gallery and read the update.
Blessings to all and happy new year!
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#samhain #wheeloftheyear #whidbey #seasons #gratitude
A sweet scene on the trails of #these6acres.
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A sweet scene on the trails of #these6acres.
As harvest season comes to a close on #these6acres, we are so grateful for the community that helped us raise a greenhouse and fill it with the generosity of plants!
It’s been a fruitful season, just ask our resident deer families! 😁
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#autumn #harvestseason #whidbey #grateful
It’s been a fruitful season, just ask our resident deer families! 😁
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#autumn #harvestseason #whidbey #grateful
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As harvest season comes to a close on #these6acres, we are so grateful for the community that helped us raise a greenhouse and fill it with the generosity of plants!
It’s been a fruitful season, just ask our resident deer families! 😁
🌎❤️🍏
#autumn #harvestseason #whidbey #grateful
It’s been a fruitful season, just ask our resident deer families! 😁
🌎❤️🍏
#autumn #harvestseason #whidbey #grateful
Here is a preview of the photos of the season, but view the post to see all 17! Gratitude to everyone supporting our mission to grow #community & ecological #abundance on #these6acres on Whidbey Island!
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#whidbey #autumnequinox #lifeonearth #seasons
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#whidbey #autumnequinox #lifeonearth #seasons
September 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Here is a preview of the photos of the season, but view the post to see all 17! Gratitude to everyone supporting our mission to grow #community & ecological #abundance on #these6acres on Whidbey Island!
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#whidbey #autumnequinox #lifeonearth #seasons
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#whidbey #autumnequinox #lifeonearth #seasons
Pacific Banana Slug (native & important to our ecology) hard at work on #these6acres.
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#whidbeyisland #bananaslug #ecology #whidbey #forestfloor #nativespecies #slugslife #pnw #timelapse
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#whidbeyisland #bananaslug #ecology #whidbey #forestfloor #nativespecies #slugslife #pnw #timelapse
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Pacific Banana Slug (native & important to our ecology) hard at work on #these6acres.
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#whidbeyisland #bananaslug #ecology #whidbey #forestfloor #nativespecies #slugslife #pnw #timelapse
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#whidbeyisland #bananaslug #ecology #whidbey #forestfloor #nativespecies #slugslife #pnw #timelapse
Part of today’s apple harvest.
We pluck them as they are ready & always find a few to share with the deer. They are delicious, and I can’t wait to try the apples from our newest trees.
Supporters of #these6acres, let us know if you’d like some apples!
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#apples #whidbeyisland #whidbey #gratitide
We pluck them as they are ready & always find a few to share with the deer. They are delicious, and I can’t wait to try the apples from our newest trees.
Supporters of #these6acres, let us know if you’d like some apples!
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#apples #whidbeyisland #whidbey #gratitide
August 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Part of today’s apple harvest.
We pluck them as they are ready & always find a few to share with the deer. They are delicious, and I can’t wait to try the apples from our newest trees.
Supporters of #these6acres, let us know if you’d like some apples!
🌎❤️🍏
#apples #whidbeyisland #whidbey #gratitide
We pluck them as they are ready & always find a few to share with the deer. They are delicious, and I can’t wait to try the apples from our newest trees.
Supporters of #these6acres, let us know if you’d like some apples!
🌎❤️🍏
#apples #whidbeyisland #whidbey #gratitide
Apple season on #these6acres & the deer are very much in tune with the #season.
We do share (fawn munching in the background) but in moderation; too many apples isn’t healthy for deer & keeping some apples is healthy for us!
The land is so generous, let’s be generous too.
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#whidbeyisland #pnw
We do share (fawn munching in the background) but in moderation; too many apples isn’t healthy for deer & keeping some apples is healthy for us!
The land is so generous, let’s be generous too.
🌎❤️🍏
#whidbeyisland #pnw
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Apple season on #these6acres & the deer are very much in tune with the #season.
We do share (fawn munching in the background) but in moderation; too many apples isn’t healthy for deer & keeping some apples is healthy for us!
The land is so generous, let’s be generous too.
🌎❤️🍏
#whidbeyisland #pnw
We do share (fawn munching in the background) but in moderation; too many apples isn’t healthy for deer & keeping some apples is healthy for us!
The land is so generous, let’s be generous too.
🌎❤️🍏
#whidbeyisland #pnw
A visual summary of this turn in the Wheel of the Year.
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#seasons #photography #these6acres #wheeloftheyear #lunasa #lughnasadh #whidbey #Whidbeyisland #lifeonearth
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#seasons #photography #these6acres #wheeloftheyear #lunasa #lughnasadh #whidbey #Whidbeyisland #lifeonearth
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A visual summary of this turn in the Wheel of the Year.
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#seasons #photography #these6acres #wheeloftheyear #lunasa #lughnasadh #whidbey #Whidbeyisland #lifeonearth
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#seasons #photography #these6acres #wheeloftheyear #lunasa #lughnasadh #whidbey #Whidbeyisland #lifeonearth
As today is one of the 4 key turning points in the year, I just shared my #Lúnasa update with supporters of our work here on #these6acres.
If you’d like to gain access to this special update, or just learn more, let me know! Here’s a preview of 4 of the 20 seasonal photos I shared.
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#lughnasadh
If you’d like to gain access to this special update, or just learn more, let me know! Here’s a preview of 4 of the 20 seasonal photos I shared.
🌎🌲❤️
#lughnasadh
August 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As today is one of the 4 key turning points in the year, I just shared my #Lúnasa update with supporters of our work here on #these6acres.
If you’d like to gain access to this special update, or just learn more, let me know! Here’s a preview of 4 of the 20 seasonal photos I shared.
🌎🌲❤️
#lughnasadh
If you’d like to gain access to this special update, or just learn more, let me know! Here’s a preview of 4 of the 20 seasonal photos I shared.
🌎🌲❤️
#lughnasadh
⏩️The blackberry conundrum⏪️
These abundant berries are so delicious, and so invasive.
They provide food for wildlife but also force out diverse nutrition from native species.
But wow do I love snacking on these beauties.
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#himalayanblackberry #blackberries #invasivespecies #abundance #pnw
These abundant berries are so delicious, and so invasive.
They provide food for wildlife but also force out diverse nutrition from native species.
But wow do I love snacking on these beauties.
🌎❤️🌿
#himalayanblackberry #blackberries #invasivespecies #abundance #pnw
July 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
⏩️The blackberry conundrum⏪️
These abundant berries are so delicious, and so invasive.
They provide food for wildlife but also force out diverse nutrition from native species.
But wow do I love snacking on these beauties.
🌎❤️🌿
#himalayanblackberry #blackberries #invasivespecies #abundance #pnw
These abundant berries are so delicious, and so invasive.
They provide food for wildlife but also force out diverse nutrition from native species.
But wow do I love snacking on these beauties.
🌎❤️🌿
#himalayanblackberry #blackberries #invasivespecies #abundance #pnw
Seeing this doe emerge from forest to field was a beautiful way to end a productive day
🌿cleared trails
🌼removed invasive plants
💧watered greenhouse plants & fruit trees
🔥moved high risk tree debris to green waste area
🦉observed birds, 25 species: waxwings, wrens, owls, etc
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#these6acres #whidbey
🌿cleared trails
🌼removed invasive plants
💧watered greenhouse plants & fruit trees
🔥moved high risk tree debris to green waste area
🦉observed birds, 25 species: waxwings, wrens, owls, etc
🌎❤️🌿
#these6acres #whidbey
July 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Seeing this doe emerge from forest to field was a beautiful way to end a productive day
🌿cleared trails
🌼removed invasive plants
💧watered greenhouse plants & fruit trees
🔥moved high risk tree debris to green waste area
🦉observed birds, 25 species: waxwings, wrens, owls, etc
🌎❤️🌿
#these6acres #whidbey
🌿cleared trails
🌼removed invasive plants
💧watered greenhouse plants & fruit trees
🔥moved high risk tree debris to green waste area
🦉observed birds, 25 species: waxwings, wrens, owls, etc
🌎❤️🌿
#these6acres #whidbey
This week we celebrate 5 YEARS stewarding #these6acres. It’s been a true blessing & a deep lesson. Here are 4 of my favorite photos from the land over the years. I’ll share a link to the full gallery of 25 favorites next.
We look forward to many more years in relationship with this special land!
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We look forward to many more years in relationship with this special land!
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July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This week we celebrate 5 YEARS stewarding #these6acres. It’s been a true blessing & a deep lesson. Here are 4 of my favorite photos from the land over the years. I’ll share a link to the full gallery of 25 favorites next.
We look forward to many more years in relationship with this special land!
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We look forward to many more years in relationship with this special land!
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After some much needed rain I took a walk along the edge of the forest & field on #these6acres. I hope these photos convey some of nature’s ancient artistry. We’re blessed to live in the web of life this planet birthed & sustains.
A planet of abundance. For all. Naturally. Let’s choose that.
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A planet of abundance. For all. Naturally. Let’s choose that.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
After some much needed rain I took a walk along the edge of the forest & field on #these6acres. I hope these photos convey some of nature’s ancient artistry. We’re blessed to live in the web of life this planet birthed & sustains.
A planet of abundance. For all. Naturally. Let’s choose that.
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A planet of abundance. For all. Naturally. Let’s choose that.
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Huckleberry Season on #these6acres.
How encouraging it’s been to see delicious native plants like #redhuckleberry rebound after intense work removing invasive species.
The #plants are happier, the #birds are happier, and I’m happier too.
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#ecolosystemrestoration #pnw #whidbeyisland #gratitude
How encouraging it’s been to see delicious native plants like #redhuckleberry rebound after intense work removing invasive species.
The #plants are happier, the #birds are happier, and I’m happier too.
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#ecolosystemrestoration #pnw #whidbeyisland #gratitude
June 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Huckleberry Season on #these6acres.
How encouraging it’s been to see delicious native plants like #redhuckleberry rebound after intense work removing invasive species.
The #plants are happier, the #birds are happier, and I’m happier too.
🌎❤️🌿
#ecolosystemrestoration #pnw #whidbeyisland #gratitude
How encouraging it’s been to see delicious native plants like #redhuckleberry rebound after intense work removing invasive species.
The #plants are happier, the #birds are happier, and I’m happier too.
🌎❤️🌿
#ecolosystemrestoration #pnw #whidbeyisland #gratitude
Here are a few photos. See the update for a whole bunch more, and let me know if you’d like to get involved. Especially if you also live on #WhidbeyIsland.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Here are a few photos. See the update for a whole bunch more, and let me know if you’d like to get involved. Especially if you also live on #WhidbeyIsland.
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I’m adding some of my favorite #photos of #Earth because we must include protecting the planet as we reclaim democratic rights. This admin has already taken massive actions to destroy forests & poison water for the sake of corporate profits.
A viable future for all of us is at risk!
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#EarthFirst
A viable future for all of us is at risk!
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#EarthFirst
June 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m adding some of my favorite #photos of #Earth because we must include protecting the planet as we reclaim democratic rights. This admin has already taken massive actions to destroy forests & poison water for the sake of corporate profits.
A viable future for all of us is at risk!
🌎❤️🌿
#EarthFirst
A viable future for all of us is at risk!
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#EarthFirst
2000+ people showed up in Coupeville on #WhidbeyIsland to send a message that we will unite to protect #democracy and human rights. It’s a BIG moment for a little town.
Gratitude to @indivisiblewhidbey.org for organizing and to everyone for showing up!
#NoKings #humanrights #whidbey
Gratitude to @indivisiblewhidbey.org for organizing and to everyone for showing up!
#NoKings #humanrights #whidbey
June 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2000+ people showed up in Coupeville on #WhidbeyIsland to send a message that we will unite to protect #democracy and human rights. It’s a BIG moment for a little town.
Gratitude to @indivisiblewhidbey.org for organizing and to everyone for showing up!
#NoKings #humanrights #whidbey
Gratitude to @indivisiblewhidbey.org for organizing and to everyone for showing up!
#NoKings #humanrights #whidbey
A close encounter this morning. Earth is amazing. Let’s stand up for the rights and health of nature. And for one another.
We don’t have to live lives of empty consumption and bitter division.
We and the bees deserve better.
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#earth #pollinators #earthfirst #stoptheologarchy
We don’t have to live lives of empty consumption and bitter division.
We and the bees deserve better.
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#earth #pollinators #earthfirst #stoptheologarchy
June 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
A close encounter this morning. Earth is amazing. Let’s stand up for the rights and health of nature. And for one another.
We don’t have to live lives of empty consumption and bitter division.
We and the bees deserve better.
🌎❤️🌿
#earth #pollinators #earthfirst #stoptheologarchy
We don’t have to live lives of empty consumption and bitter division.
We and the bees deserve better.
🌎❤️🌿
#earth #pollinators #earthfirst #stoptheologarchy
A few photos of our #Greenhouse Work Party Weekend on #these6acres. We will be growing food & medicine for our #community and they showed up to help!
Such a special time working hard together for the greater good. I’ll share more when final touches are done.
THANKS EVERYONE!
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#whidbey #gratitude
Such a special time working hard together for the greater good. I’ll share more when final touches are done.
THANKS EVERYONE!
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbey #gratitude
June 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A few photos of our #Greenhouse Work Party Weekend on #these6acres. We will be growing food & medicine for our #community and they showed up to help!
Such a special time working hard together for the greater good. I’ll share more when final touches are done.
THANKS EVERYONE!
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbey #gratitude
Such a special time working hard together for the greater good. I’ll share more when final touches are done.
THANKS EVERYONE!
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbey #gratitude
Some fresh #macrophotos of early summer on #these6acres. 🌸
We are excited to welcome our community this weekend to build a greenhouse together. A cedar-framed structure that will allow us to grow food & medicine we will share with our #community.
Message me for details.
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbeyisland #ecology
We are excited to welcome our community this weekend to build a greenhouse together. A cedar-framed structure that will allow us to grow food & medicine we will share with our #community.
Message me for details.
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbeyisland #ecology
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Some fresh #macrophotos of early summer on #these6acres. 🌸
We are excited to welcome our community this weekend to build a greenhouse together. A cedar-framed structure that will allow us to grow food & medicine we will share with our #community.
Message me for details.
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbeyisland #ecology
We are excited to welcome our community this weekend to build a greenhouse together. A cedar-framed structure that will allow us to grow food & medicine we will share with our #community.
Message me for details.
🌎❤️🌿
#whidbeyisland #ecology
A sweet photo of #these6acres as I was out birding for #GlobalBigDay2025. 43 species seen on our land alone so far. We have such great #biodiversity here, I’m grateful.
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#whidbeyisland #salishsea #pnw
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#whidbeyisland #salishsea #pnw
May 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A sweet photo of #these6acres as I was out birding for #GlobalBigDay2025. 43 species seen on our land alone so far. We have such great #biodiversity here, I’m grateful.
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#whidbeyisland #salishsea #pnw
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#whidbeyisland #salishsea #pnw
I only had my phone and binoculars, but they combined to frame this sweet #AmericanGoldfinch - it’s one of 43 species I have seen here on #these6acres for #GlobalBigDay. It’s not to late (for half the world) to get out there and observe birds!
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#bigday #birding #whidbey #whidbeyisland #birds
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#bigday #birding #whidbey #whidbeyisland #birds
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I only had my phone and binoculars, but they combined to frame this sweet #AmericanGoldfinch - it’s one of 43 species I have seen here on #these6acres for #GlobalBigDay. It’s not to late (for half the world) to get out there and observe birds!
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#bigday #birding #whidbey #whidbeyisland #birds
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#bigday #birding #whidbey #whidbeyisland #birds
If you understood how windy it was while I was trying to photograph this little flower, you’d be totally impressed with the outcome. 😆
#lifeonearth #macrophotography #marincounty #macrophoto #potd #gratitude
#lifeonearth #macrophotography #marincounty #macrophoto #potd #gratitude
April 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you understood how windy it was while I was trying to photograph this little flower, you’d be totally impressed with the outcome. 😆
#lifeonearth #macrophotography #marincounty #macrophoto #potd #gratitude
#lifeonearth #macrophotography #marincounty #macrophoto #potd #gratitude
Queen of the Salmonerries.
I mean seriously. That’s Regal!
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#tjese6acres #salmonberry #nativeplants #whidbeyisland #whidbey #lifeonearth #pnw #gratitude
I mean seriously. That’s Regal!
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#tjese6acres #salmonberry #nativeplants #whidbeyisland #whidbey #lifeonearth #pnw #gratitude
April 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Queen of the Salmonerries.
I mean seriously. That’s Regal!
🌎❤️🌸
#tjese6acres #salmonberry #nativeplants #whidbeyisland #whidbey #lifeonearth #pnw #gratitude
I mean seriously. That’s Regal!
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#tjese6acres #salmonberry #nativeplants #whidbeyisland #whidbey #lifeonearth #pnw #gratitude