NRALIFR wrote:
I like big trees too. I’ve got a bunch of mature hardwoods and a few big pines on my property. I’ve had to cut down 2-3 of the biggest pines (~75’ tall) due to beetle infestation though. I hate seeing those come down.
I also planted 3-4 Eastern Hemlocks that I dug up as saplings on a cousin’s farm in western NY. I had to put a barbed wire fence around each one to keep the deer from scrubbing them to death. They’ve survived over 10 years way out of their native zone. Probably the only ones in AR.
I hope they get to be big trees someday.
:):)
Very true!
I've planted 543 trees some 20 years ago over several years and it most gratifying resting under it's shade when it's fully grown.
As Confucious said (and I liberally paraphrases): If you want to live forever, plant trees and educate children.
