- Location
- Louisville, KY
Dropping seeds from the air is an idea that Masinobu Fukuoka championed in his book "The One Straw Revolution." His idea involved rice, though.
urban vs forest
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treehumper
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Ridgefield, NJ
Go to any new suburb to get an idea of what a city would be like without trees.
Boulder, Co did a study and came up with some numbers that clearly show the value of urban trees. http://www.coloradotrees.org/benefits.htm
In Toronto the decommissioned air force base is being converted to multiuse parkland. Large areas are designated for reforestation. Each year for Earth Day a planting of about 3000 trees is conducted with the public coming out to do the planting. Last year with the weather being ideal there was about 3300 people out to help.
Boulder, Co did a study and came up with some numbers that clearly show the value of urban trees. http://www.coloradotrees.org/benefits.htm
In Toronto the decommissioned air force base is being converted to multiuse parkland. Large areas are designated for reforestation. Each year for Earth Day a planting of about 3000 trees is conducted with the public coming out to do the planting. Last year with the weather being ideal there was about 3300 people out to help.
mdvaden
Participating member
- Location
- Beaverton. Oregon
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More arborists should plant trees, we know how to plant trees better than landscapers do.
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Interesting trade-off in some cases.
On a whole, I think that most arborists know how to plant the tree better than landscapers.
But I'm not convinced that arborists are the best at selecting the best tree for the location in many cases.
Do you think that arborists are better at tree selection as well - in most casess?
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More arborists should plant trees, we know how to plant trees better than landscapers do.
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Interesting trade-off in some cases.
On a whole, I think that most arborists know how to plant the tree better than landscapers.
But I'm not convinced that arborists are the best at selecting the best tree for the location in many cases.
Do you think that arborists are better at tree selection as well - in most casess?
treebing
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Detroit, Mi.
Hey that one straw revolution is a cool book... do nothing farming.
boreality
New member
- Location
- boreal forest
This has been fun, but my opening post had a bit of a direction. As Arborists we could expand our view beyond the city limit sign. I suspect we are a group of enviromentally conscious tree experts. We have an organized group with some influence, perhaps more than we realize. Promoting agri-forestry and changing forest practices could easily fit into our focus.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
You folks have to read the book 'The Man who Planted Trees' It's also a wonderful video illustrated by using blockcut prints.
Another bumper sticker:
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago,
the second best is today.
As long as the right tree goes into the right place there is no such thing as too many trees.
The seed starter cup is a great idea for a company on Arbor Day. The seed of choice would be the best local oak variety.
Another bumper sticker:
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago,
the second best is today.
As long as the right tree goes into the right place there is no such thing as too many trees.
The seed starter cup is a great idea for a company on Arbor Day. The seed of choice would be the best local oak variety.
treehumper
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Ridgefield, NJ
the best local variety oak would be from those oaks growing in the immediate area.
Here's a link that covers seed collection and storage.
http://www.infoq.com/about.jsp;jsessionid=09154AA4F6003931C95B1F0DE5CB34F5
Here's a link that covers seed collection and storage.
http://www.infoq.com/about.jsp;jsessionid=09154AA4F6003931C95B1F0DE5CB34F5
The_Archdruid
Participating member
Forget about the local oaks, there's no gratitude in that. We need to spread Long Term Fear - something more along the lines of Ailanthus altissima. People will accept the cute young plants called "Tree of Heaven". And it won't matter how they nurture them; they are like the Jar in the Wallace Stevens poem, set them anywhere and watch them take dominion. They require nothing to grow, not even soil; and once they take over, they are ruthless.
A few years of that reign, and people will celebrate the arborist as a kind of Moses figure, come to relieve the plague. We will cut them down and recommend "more suitable" varieties of shade trees. We will be heros; committees will form and request we march in parades. We will wear our climbing saddles in public and cut ribbons when new schools open. We will be champions . . . like nothing else in Tennessee
A few years of that reign, and people will celebrate the arborist as a kind of Moses figure, come to relieve the plague. We will cut them down and recommend "more suitable" varieties of shade trees. We will be heros; committees will form and request we march in parades. We will wear our climbing saddles in public and cut ribbons when new schools open. We will be champions . . . like nothing else in Tennessee
treehumper
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Ridgefield, NJ
see quote below....
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