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Re: TT: RE: Fall color ...
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RTEllsberry wrote:
> We have signed on several new members to the list following some
> announcements on a handful of kindred newsgroups (TreeTown is a
> mailing list, a newsgroup looks like 'rec.animals.wildlife'). It's
> probably a good time now to ask for member introductions, which is
> always an interesting read. I encourage our reporters to speak in
> your own language about what is important to yourself about your own
> local forest. Please don't worry about sounding too much like either
> an expert or a novice. Experience has shown that ordinary folks
> seeking real-world advice on tree stewardship has generated much of
> our best correspondences (including the 'fall colors' cited above).
>
> In life there are no simple questions, and even less simple answers.
> Perhaps someone could tell us about caring for trees in the winter,
> about providing water when the ground freezes. Most experts will
> caution you against fertilizing trees at this time (in the northern
> hemisphere), for one example ...
>
In response to your first comment about new members. May I introduce
myself. I am a consulting forester in Texas, worked here 30 years.
Having a fairly well based knowledge on southern timber, forests and
forestry. I would be more than happy to give my opinion or knowledge
(which ever covers the ground) in response to questions from your
members. I am one of the old breed with new ideas. Not an
environmentalist, but well based in the ecology of a healthy forest.
Nature leads, occaisionally I am smart enough to follow.
Don Staples
UIN 4653335
My Ego Stroke: http://livingston.net/dstaples/
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