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Re: Need tree/guild suggestions ASAP
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Need tree/guild suggestions ASAP
- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:58:44 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <LYR75156-13079-1999.07.28-14.49.04--london#metalab.unc.edu@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Newsgroups: permaculture
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, John Schinnerer wrote:
> I need some quick and simple suggestions for trees and (ideally) related
> guild plants for a particular situation. Here's the scoop:
>
> The power company has removed some trees (huge old eucalyptus) that were
> threatening their power lines from a strip of land along a rural road. The
> power company will give us trees to replace what they cut (but not
> eucalyptus or others that will grow right back up and threaten the power
> lines again, obviously...;-). I'm not sure what all they have available,
> but better to ask for what we want than take whatever they give by default,
> I'd guess.
Cedar (western red?, white?), eleagnus, butternut. The cedar could be a
fire hazard though, if thats an issue.