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Trees and forestry

We are planting a number tree species for shelter, firewood and aesthetics.

Tree plantings
Type                          Qty.
Acacia Dealbata        10
Acer Japonicum        10
Acer Palmatum         10
Acer Saccharum        10
Acer Truncatum         10
Alnus Caldata           10
Alnus Rubra             10
Carya Ovata            10
Cedrus Deodara        10
Maackia Amurensis    10
Pinus Pinea              10
2010-08-07
More Trees
olmec
More Trees
This weekend I planted a number of crop trees. For the most part it was seedling walnuts collected from under my grandmothers tree but also included 5 grafted fruit trees I purchased.

2 x apricot
2 x nectarine
1 x almond
25 Jul 2010
Oaks from acorns
olmec
Oaks from acorns
Growing oaks from seed using locally collected acorns.
This is a low cost approach to establishing a wood lot from seed. By mowing the thick grass and then scattering the hundreds of acorns and covering with grass mulch.
13 May 2010
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