Mt. Sterling Fire Tower

One last video for now...this is me climbing on top of the fire tower on Mt. Sterling in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to watch the sunrise with Danny and Chad.  (Not advised)

Top Bar beehive Installation

Back to some agrarian-like posts!!!  I started a top bar beehive three weeks ago.  They have already built comb on six bars!  It has been fun to provide housing for these little guys...I know it sounds dumb, but I could sit and watch them for hours.  It's semi-mesmerizing to watch them fly in and out at such a rate.  Coming back with legs bursting with pollen is quite a sight.  This is a video during the installation of a three pound package with a queen.  They queen is in that little box I pull out first.  She is trapped by a big piece of candy that the worker bees eat away over the course of three days to set her free.  Pretty awesome, but man was I nervous.  I am wearing a white shirt because it a more passive color to the new tenants :)

Lake Toxaway Green Roof

Another fancy green roofing video from Living Roofs Inc.  I shot this one with my new GoPro Camera and edited using iMovie.  It's a residential project at Lake Toxaway, NC and we used XeroFlor's pre-vegetated mats to cover the sloped roof.  Spring is busy for us right now...I am on the road weekly either doing and installation or performing maintenance.  Busy as a BEEEE!!!

Mt. Sterling Sunrise

Danny, Chad, and I woke up at 4:00 AM in order to make the fire tower on top of Mt. Sterling before sunrise. We set out with head lamps under a bright moon, summited, and climbed up the fire tower just minutes before light flooded the tiny structure. Then we built a fire, unpacked the cast iron skillet, and made fried egg and avocado sandwiches on toasted rosemary sourdough. Not bad for 6,000 feet!

Driggs Ski Trip

Two weeks in Idaho skiing...got my winter fill, but now I am ready for spring. We are hiking up the Nipple at Targhee.

Uncle ALAN

My sister had a healthy baby boy on December 21st!

More Roofing Verde

We installed a green roof on top of Hamilton County's Public Health Building in Chattanooga, TN.

Check out the time lapse!