Welcome to part six of my twelve-part series, Better Know a Beard, where we get to know a little more about the people who are having various degrees of success growing crackling virility hedges this month.

Adam Johnson hails from the frozen northern wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula,¹ where he was probably raised by wolves, moose and the elusive (yet deadly) ice tortoise.

Unlike the majority of How Not to Grow a Beard Month contestants, Adam does not busy himself with blogging or podcasting, for he is altogether engaged in pursuits of an entirely manly nature. There is little time to worry about post tags and MP3 attachments when there are trees to be felled, when there is lumber to be jacked, when there are transmissions to be rebuilt, when there are muzzles to be loaded, when there is snow to be...mobiled.

As evidenced by the photo on the right,² Adam's manly pursuits generate more than enough masculine hormones to facilitate the growth a proper beard; a beard that just might have to kick your sorry butt if you don't straighten up your act.

¹Superior to the Lower Peninsula in every respect.

²Taken on the set of the upcoming film, ZZ Top: The Early Years, in which Adam is the stunt double for the actor who portrays the young Billy Gibbons.