we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me





Started in 1998 with 5.6 acres, about 2 acres wooded along the creek,
the rest former farm field.

Ordered seedlings from the state, ~125 white pine, 25 black cherry, 25
tulip poplar, 25 rugosa rose bushes. They arrived in two letter sized
manila envelopes. Most have survived, pines are about 50ft tall, 8"-12"
at the base, poplars and cherries are about 45 feet tall. The roses
struggled for five years and died - I planted them in too much shade.
One acre became house, drive, and lawn. Stopped mowing a strip of 80 to
100 feet next to the woods. Remainder planted in tall grasses and
wildflowers, mowed annually. Some unknown neighbor bitched about "weeds"
until I proved to county zoning I had no "noxious" weeds on property -
three times. Planted a row of Black Tupelo trees and hazelnut bushes
along the road to block the view and keep the neighbors quiet. Now, they
form a wall too thick to walk through. The un-mowed strip along the
woods is now full of trees, 10-30ft tall: sycamore, maple, catalpa,
basswood, yew, black locust, birch and more. That plant succession stuff
they taught in grade school is true! I quit planting trees when I saw
how many started on their own.

I made some walking trails and the place looks like the nature preserves
the state runs. High school kids come by to take yearbook pictures.
Township charity sold calendars with pictures of the flower field.

Saw one couple sneak back at dusk and disappear in the wild flowers.
Since they did not ask permission, I did not feel obligated to warn them
about the poison ivy growing under the flower leaves

I stuck about 30 acorns in various spots about 7 years ago. The white
oaks are now 1 to 4 feet tall.

Also planted an orchard with a dozen apple trees.

Planting trees is not hard. Just takes time and patience.

On 3/12/17 7:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5
trees for me


The companies I buy lumber from have planted millions of trees.
They have planted far more trees for the money and effort than I ever
could.
I prefer to leave those things up to those who do it best and most
efficiently.

I eat a lot of hamburgers, too. I have yet to raise a cow, slaughter,
butcher, and grind it up either. Nor have I any intention of doing so
since the people who already do it are so much better at it that I am...
or ever could hope to be.

I use a lot of gasoline, too. I have never drilled for oil, nor refined
it into gasoline, not will I ever do so since the people who already do
it are so good and efficient at it and I could never hope to do it as
good as they do and for cheaper than I could buy it at the pump.

I use a lot of nails and other fasteners, too. See where this is going?


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-MIKE- wrote in news

The companies I buy lumber from have planted millions of trees.
They have planted far more trees for the money and effort than I ever
could.
I prefer to leave those things up to those who do it best and most
efficiently.

I eat a lot of hamburgers, too. I have yet to raise a cow, slaughter,
butcher, and grind it up either. Nor have I any intention of doing so
since the people who already do it are so much better at it that I
am... or ever could hope to be.

I use a lot of gasoline, too. I have never drilled for oil, nor
refined it into gasoline, not will I ever do so since the people who
already do it are so good and efficient at it and I could never hope
to do it as good as they do and for cheaper than I could buy it at the
pump.

I use a lot of nails and other fasteners, too. See where this is
going?



I see where this is going, but I've got to ask...
Have you ever been mad enough to chew iron and spit nails?

Might come in handy when you're inevitably 1 or 2 short.

Puckdropper
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http://www.puckdroppersplace.us/rec.woodworking
A mini archive of some of rec.woodworking's best and worst!

On 3/12/2017 9:25 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!


**** on them. It is supposed to keep the deer away.

On 3/13/2017 2:33 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
-MIKE- wrote in news

The companies I buy lumber from have planted millions of trees.
They have planted far more trees for the money and effort than I ever
could.
I prefer to leave those things up to those who do it best and most
efficiently.

I eat a lot of hamburgers, too. I have yet to raise a cow, slaughter,
butcher, and grind it up either. Nor have I any intention of doing so
since the people who already do it are so much better at it that I
am... or ever could hope to be.

I use a lot of gasoline, too. I have never drilled for oil, nor
refined it into gasoline, not will I ever do so since the people who
already do it are so good and efficient at it and I could never hope
to do it as good as they do and for cheaper than I could buy it at the
pump.

I use a lot of nails and other fasteners, too. See where this is
going?



I see where this is going, but I've got to ask...
Have you ever been mad enough to chew iron and spit nails?

Never have but on occasion I have **** fire to save the matches. ;~)

On 3/13/17 2:33 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
-MIKE- wrote in news

The companies I buy lumber from have planted millions of trees.
They have planted far more trees for the money and effort than I ever
could.
I prefer to leave those things up to those who do it best and most
efficiently.

I eat a lot of hamburgers, too. I have yet to raise a cow, slaughter,
butcher, and grind it up either. Nor have I any intention of doing so
since the people who already do it are so much better at it that I
am... or ever could hope to be.

I use a lot of gasoline, too. I have never drilled for oil, nor
refined it into gasoline, not will I ever do so since the people who
already do it are so good and efficient at it and I could never hope
to do it as good as they do and for cheaper than I could buy it at the
pump.

I use a lot of nails and other fasteners, too. See where this is
going?



I see where this is going, but I've got to ask...
Have you ever been mad enough to chew iron and spit nails?

Might come in handy when you're inevitably 1 or 2 short.

Puckdropper


Only after eating my spinach. :-)


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
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http://mikedrums.com

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On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400
Ed Pawlowski wrote:

At least 6 that I dug holes for.


reminds me of some that i have dug holes for but would not really
ever be used for wood projects

that adds at least 5 more to mmy total

Electric Comet wrote in newsa4ogv$r4v$1
@dont-email.me:


we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

Counting or not counting coconut palms?

John

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:25:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

Stay away from arborvitae the bucks love to trash them so everyone
know this is my territory and all the bitches are mine!

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:03:08 -0500, Markem
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:25:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

Stay away from arborvitae the bucks love to trash them so everyone
know this is my territory and all the bitches are mine!

Amazingly, we see does every day but have never seen a buck. We know
they're around because there are more Bambis every year. ;-)

On 13 Mar 2017 07:33:01 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

-MIKE- wrote in news

The companies I buy lumber from have planted millions of trees.
They have planted far more trees for the money and effort than I ever
could.
I prefer to leave those things up to those who do it best and most
efficiently.

I eat a lot of hamburgers, too. I have yet to raise a cow, slaughter,
butcher, and grind it up either. Nor have I any intention of doing so
since the people who already do it are so much better at it that I
am... or ever could hope to be.

I use a lot of gasoline, too. I have never drilled for oil, nor
refined it into gasoline, not will I ever do so since the people who
already do it are so good and efficient at it and I could never hope
to do it as good as they do and for cheaper than I could buy it at the
pump.

I use a lot of nails and other fasteners, too. See where this is
going?



I see where this is going, but I've got to ask...
Have you ever been mad enough to chew iron and spit nails?

Might come in handy when you're inevitably 1 or 2 short.

One or two nails short of a full pound?

wrote in :

On 13 Mar 2017 07:33:01 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

I see where this is going, but I've got to ask...
Have you ever been mad enough to chew iron and spit nails?

Might come in handy when you're inevitably 1 or 2 short.

One or two nails short of a full pound?


No no no... The pound comes from the hammer!

One or two nails short of being able to complete your project! This guy
Murphy was being a real jerk to The Powers That Be, refusing to use
punctuation or something, and they decided to make all of humanity suffer
by never having quite enough material on hand to finish their project.

This of course caused lots of backlash and The Powers That Be decided to
allow some people to have just enough material, occasionally, to appear
to be listening. Humans are a resourceful lot, given a big enough carrot
we will leave the Earth itself in pursuit of our quest! (The quest, of
course, was to fix what The Powers That Be screwed up.)

Puckdropper
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A mini archive of some of rec.woodworking's best and worst!

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:18:14 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:03:08 -0500, Markem
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:25:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

Stay away from arborvitae the bucks love to trash them so everyone
know this is my territory and all the bitches are mine!

Amazingly, we see does every day but have never seen a buck. We know
they're around because there are more Bambis every year. ;-)

See buck very rarely here, mainly when the crab apples are falling or
the chestnuts, but they seem to be a bit gun shy.

On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:34:25 -0500, Markem
wrote:

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:18:14 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:03:08 -0500, Markem
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:25:59 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

Stay away from arborvitae the bucks love to trash them so everyone
know this is my territory and all the bitches are mine!

Amazingly, we see does every day but have never seen a buck. We know
they're around because there are more Bambis every year. ;-)

See buck very rarely here, mainly when the crab apples are falling or
the chestnuts, but they seem to be a bit gun shy.

;-)

Lots of gus around (there is a gun range behind us somewhere) but
there are a lot of houses they can hide between - much safer than the
woods.

wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!

I put an electric fence wire around my flowers. The first night a deer
got tangled in it and tore it down. I removed the wire and left the
stakes. Never had any problems after that. Apparently the news got
around.

--
GW Ross

On 3/13/17 3:46 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/12/2017 9:25 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:00:28 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/12/2017 8:21 PM, Electric Comet wrote:

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted

indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5
trees
for me



At least 6 that I dug holes for.

I've dug holes for more than that just at this house. Have zero to
show for it, though. The deer like cherry, too. :-( Damned things
love rose bushes too!


**** on them. It is supposed to keep the deer away.
That would annoy me to, but I'd probably punch whoever tried to **** on
me 8^)

-BR

we all consume wood but how many trees have you planted
indirectly by letting the jays do their work it is at about 4 to 5 trees
for me ... Electric Comet

Regarding trees...
https://vimeo.com/spokenimage/movingthegiants