tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post6885714331794187600..comments2024-01-24T10:28:00.747-08:00Comments on Mindless Ramblings: What Is Killing Our Trees?Ralph Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-73837937791420556732021-12-12T17:08:49.263-08:002021-12-12T17:08:49.263-08:00After I started running about 80 fainting goats on...After I started running about 80 fainting goats on my 40 acre woodlot ten or so years ago the valuable timber began growing with a vengeance . I harvested 104 Black Walnut trees at $40 K 5 years ago and have another batch ready now . Waiting on the high prices to return . Goats eat the weak and promote the strong trees . Goat poop is good ! Robert Oriansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-85349828965075701182021-11-28T19:47:51.221-08:002021-11-28T19:47:51.221-08:00It is a conspiracyIt is a conspiracybuddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-9819556863323570742021-11-25T22:18:16.498-08:002021-11-25T22:18:16.498-08:00Yes, land clearing is like a disease spreading aro...Yes, land clearing is like a disease spreading around here. Farm the ditch right up to the road side and don't leave a tree standing. I'm hoping its just another die-off like we have seen in the past. There was a similar event in the sixties that left a lot of dead trees to clean up. I'm just waiting for the day our "green" government programs start to pay those of us who keep some trees for carbon sequestration. Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-91877234838673031882021-11-25T09:59:41.238-08:002021-11-25T09:59:41.238-08:00You mean, aside from all our land-greedy farmers? ...You mean, aside from all our land-greedy farmers? <br />Oh yeah.. it's obvious when *they* do it. Every friggin' thing is bulldozed so there's no tree in sight. So irresponsible, so disgusting. Grrrr Rzzzl Frrzzzzl.<br />I've assumed all the dead standing trees I've noticed over recent years are due to the flooding we had and although it's sad to see, I haven't thought more about it. Now that you bring the possibility of other causes to my attention, my next thought is climate change affecting everything, including the insects that could be moving into our province or expanding their territory here in the first place, and doing damage. I don't imagine this summer's heat and drought helped any, either. <br />Here's hoping and praying Nature survives us. <br />-Kate <br />Stubblejumpers Cafehttp://stubblejumperscafe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-14959553985830175972021-11-23T18:35:32.083-08:002021-11-23T18:35:32.083-08:00Poplars are the most common tree here in the parkl...Poplars are the most common tree here in the parkland. Their technical name is "Trembling Aspen". Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-30816277789375365682021-11-23T18:34:33.844-08:002021-11-23T18:34:33.844-08:00Its getting to the point I am even letting the vol...Its getting to the point I am even letting the volunteer carragannas grow as they are better than nothing even if they are almost a weed. Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-82436221263174119372021-11-23T13:56:11.664-08:002021-11-23T13:56:11.664-08:00I thought that poplars were a colony rather than a...I thought that poplars were a colony rather than a single treeboronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780356895910449471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994429952556375554.post-51598954327029751372021-11-23T13:18:19.267-08:002021-11-23T13:18:19.267-08:00It could be the weather, or it could be natural mo...It could be the weather, or it could be natural mortality as they age in stands too thick to support them all.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com