Log Cabin Building: Do I Plant Trees to Replace the Trees I Cut Down?
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Date: 2020-11-30
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akse
I got 100 m3 of Spurce cut down from my property. It was very thick dense part of Spruce. So it was open cut for some area for some new buildings and rest of it was just thinned out.
Not planning to plant anything. Because? Well when you get a dense Spruce out of there all kinds of other plantation will get room to grow just by itself. Just a couple of years and I will have man height Birch and other trees growing there all over the place.
When eventially those are big enough I will cut them a bit to thin it and will use them for heating our house, so the rest will grow faster.
In Finland if you own a forest property and you open cut something and sell you are obliged to plant new trees.
My property is not forest but a private housing property (rural area) so same rules don't apply. I just happen to live in the bushes pretty much. (Got electricty and a road at least)
Anyways keep up the good work! Just wanted to add my view of things and my experience: )
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I got 100 m3 of Spurce cut down from my property. It was very thick dense part of Spruce. So it was open cut for some area for some new buildings and rest of it was just thinned out.
Not planning to plant anything. Because? Well when you get a dense Spruce out of there all kinds of other plantation will get room to grow just by itself. Just a couple of years and I will have man height Birch and other trees growing there all over the place.
When eventially those are big enough I will cut them a bit to thin it and will use them for heating our house, so the rest will grow faster.
In Finland if you own a forest property and you open cut something and sell you are obliged to plant new trees.
My property is not forest but a private housing property (rural area) so same rules don't apply. I just happen to live in the bushes pretty much. (Got electricty and a road at least)
Anyways keep up the good work! Just wanted to add my view of things and my experience: )
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Cherry
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. If you want to grow a garden, or harvest a forest, just ask yourself What does Mother Nature do. She covers the forest floor with next year's nourishing mulch. I've never seen a rototiller in a forest but I realize in a new garden the soil must be cleared of unwanteds. In my garden which I have been creating for five years, I can do no dig gardening. Every winter I pile on shredded leaves and when there's no more leaves I use straw. Every spring I make a hole in the layers and drop in some seeds, cover with soil and when the plant sprouts and is big enough I push the top in around it. Perfect mulch. Squirrels think I make my garden just for them to hide their walnuts. Every spring I pull up baby walnut trees!
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge. If you want to grow a garden, or harvest a forest, just ask yourself What does Mother Nature do. She covers the forest floor with next year's nourishing mulch. I've never seen a rototiller in a forest but I realize in a new garden the soil must be cleared of unwanteds. In my garden which I have been creating for five years, I can do no dig gardening. Every winter I pile on shredded leaves and when there's no more leaves I use straw. Every spring I make a hole in the layers and drop in some seeds, cover with soil and when the plant sprouts and is big enough I push the top in around it. Perfect mulch. Squirrels think I make my garden just for them to hide their walnuts. Every spring I pull up baby walnut trees!
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Sonja
i think you are missing the point that we cannot live without trees. even if the replacement trees are cut down for timber in 100 years they have given us 100 years of oxygen to live with. i know you probably think what you do has little effect on such massively forested areas but you have to look at it as a world wide problem, oxygen doesnt stay in one place. you may think you are having little impact in the bigger picture but if we all just did it without replacing then we would soon run out of oxygen giving trees. every one of us needs to be accountable of what we do on this planet for the generations to come. the world is losing forested areas at a massive rate and it cant cope. a few weed trees doesnt really compensate for what is being taken
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i think you are missing the point that we cannot live without trees. even if the replacement trees are cut down for timber in 100 years they have given us 100 years of oxygen to live with. i know you probably think what you do has little effect on such massively forested areas but you have to look at it as a world wide problem, oxygen doesnt stay in one place. you may think you are having little impact in the bigger picture but if we all just did it without replacing then we would soon run out of oxygen giving trees. every one of us needs to be accountable of what we do on this planet for the generations to come. the world is losing forested areas at a massive rate and it cant cope. a few weed trees doesnt really compensate for what is being taken
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marianna
HATS OFF to the Canadians-state forestry/citizens alike- for having such a high level of National Conscience. if only the greeks (europe)had 1/9th of yours we wouldnt have the disgraceful sights of the greek forests ALL in peril as our own sold souled(elected) gov with the forestry dpt for decades now is actually behind all intentional destructions and human deaths rampaging nature without a single resistance from the tax payered citizens. i wish i had the money to do at Greece what you do at Canada. take care of your country cos noone else will.
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HATS OFF to the Canadians-state forestry/citizens alike- for having such a high level of National Conscience. if only the greeks (europe)had 1/9th of yours we wouldnt have the disgraceful sights of the greek forests ALL in peril as our own sold souled(elected) gov with the forestry dpt for decades now is actually behind all intentional destructions and human deaths rampaging nature without a single resistance from the tax payered citizens. i wish i had the money to do at Greece what you do at Canada. take care of your country cos noone else will.
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melanie
Shawn, I've always said and still believe that this way would be better taught in schools, just that small piece of information made more sence than all those geography classes put together, it would also be a whole lot better if teaching these life skills were introduced to this generation that's up n coming more important than R. E. Its also great the way explained to the viewers you didn't talk down to us and didn't bamboozle with a load of jargon and spoke in Layman's terms as we call it here. Blessed Be.
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Shawn, I've always said and still believe that this way would be better taught in schools, just that small piece of information made more sence than all those geography classes put together, it would also be a whole lot better if teaching these life skills were introduced to this generation that's up n coming more important than R. E. Its also great the way explained to the viewers you didn't talk down to us and didn't bamboozle with a load of jargon and spoke in Layman's terms as we call it here. Blessed Be.
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Gene
I'm glad to hear you say that. I've always thought that nature knew what she was doing if man would stop screwing with it.
So many people think they know how to take care of everything, just leave nature alone.
I would like to know how many acres do you own? How many creeks start on your land? I think you had said you had no water coming onto your land. I know you have at least one creek.
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I'm glad to hear you say that. I've always thought that nature knew what she was doing if man would stop screwing with it.
So many people think they know how to take care of everything, just leave nature alone.
I would like to know how many acres do you own? How many creeks start on your land? I think you had said you had no water coming onto your land. I know you have at least one creek.
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Raven
Replanting 1: 1 for one doesn't make sense a lot of the time. Forest succession is a consideration, an artificial monoculture, and the need for sunshine are also factors. Besides, dead trees can be used for lumber and firewood--that's smart to cut if you need it.
For a homestead, I'd think of fruit that could grow in your area--elderberry and blueberry and maybe apples?
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Replanting 1: 1 for one doesn't make sense a lot of the time. Forest succession is a consideration, an artificial monoculture, and the need for sunshine are also factors. Besides, dead trees can be used for lumber and firewood--that's smart to cut if you need it.
For a homestead, I'd think of fruit that could grow in your area--elderberry and blueberry and maybe apples?
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Heli
Absolutely right - nature does not plant one species of trees. Monoculture is not good for an environment. You are doing the right way with diverse species of plants that brings back a diverse species of animals. No need to plant - animals and birds are doing it all, if giving a chance. Thank you for your work. So inspiring. :-)
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Absolutely right - nature does not plant one species of trees. Monoculture is not good for an environment. You are doing the right way with diverse species of plants that brings back a diverse species of animals. No need to plant - animals and birds are doing it all, if giving a chance. Thank you for your work. So inspiring. :-)
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Susie
If you
Go back to his early videos youll see where he only used the ones that were felled by nature. For anyone to survive the wilderness, clearing the timber directly around the cabin is imperative due to forest fires. I love this video. The person posing this question needs to educate themselves.
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If you
Go back to his early videos youll see where he only used the ones that were felled by nature. For anyone to survive the wilderness, clearing the timber directly around the cabin is imperative due to forest fires. I love this video. The person posing this question needs to educate themselves.
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David
Our Metroparks in Ohio spend untold thousands in tax dollars re-planting when tries die (esp. after the emerald ash borer. A complete waste of money as the forested areas can happily regrow themselves. Thank you for having the greater wisdom (you must not have lots of tax dollars to spend.
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Our Metroparks in Ohio spend untold thousands in tax dollars re-planting when tries die (esp. after the emerald ash borer. A complete waste of money as the forested areas can happily regrow themselves. Thank you for having the greater wisdom (you must not have lots of tax dollars to spend.
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