Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 8 of 8
Thread: 30 Years of Treeplanting
-
10th July 2006, 09:05 PM #1Senior Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2000
- Location
- Australia
- Posts
- 212
30 Years of Treeplanting
May I invite anyone interested to have a look at my web site to see how my cleared and seriously degraded farm has been transformed by my tree planting efforts over the last 30 years. Mosly I have planted hoop pine but I've also planted a few eucalyptus as well, mosstly Gympie messmate. I have also planted some Queensland maple and look after the natural regeneration of red cedar and silver ash. Most of my red cedar is quite small but I estimate that it is growing at about 10 cubic metres a year. The hoop pine needs thinning but I can't do this until I get some money to buy a suitable sawmill for pine thinnings. It doesn't really matter as hoop pine can handle a high standing volume and just keeps growing. At the moment I don't really have an opinion as to which types of trees are the best to grow, that is, hoop pine, rainforest timbers or eucalyptus. We will just see which ones grow well enough and I can sell for a profit. www.forest.spiderweb.com.au Thanks
-
10th July 2006 09:05 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Posts
- Many
-
10th July 2006, 09:13 PM #2
Good stuff Bob... I saw your website a year or so ago and was hoping I'd find it again.
I'd be interested in coming up to see your block sometime, any chance of an "open day"?
-
10th July 2006, 09:24 PM #3
Bob Whitworth for PM!
-
11th July 2006, 01:28 AM #4
Its a good thing your doing there Bob.
....................................................................
-
11th July 2006, 09:10 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jan 2006
- Location
- Bowral, NSW, Australia
- Age
- 74
- Posts
- 1,471
There should be more of this bloke on our properties.
Carry Pine
-
11th July 2006, 05:46 PM #6
Bob - great website! Very curious and interesting.
However, I love how you have rejuvenated your farm. Have you noticed the trees you've planted attracting more rain by any chance?
Thanks for sharing the site.
Cheers
WendyBox Challenge 2011 - Check out the amazing Boxes!
Twist One - Wooden Hinge/Latch/Catch/Handle
Twist Two - Found Object
Twist Three - Anything Goes
-
11th July 2006, 07:55 PM #7
Grand job Bob! A good portion of a lifetime's caring for the land, and the difference certainly shows. Wonderful stuff.
-
11th July 2006, 11:36 PM #8
Thanks for sharing that, Bob. I found it very inspiring, so I shall go up to my puny 2yr old seedlings and give them a good talking to!
Reading through your comments about Euc's in what amounts to a rainforest habitat, have you tried Brush Box (Tristania conferta or whatever its called now)? Seems like the Eucalypt's rainforest cousin...some nice stands of it around the hills in northern NSW.
Regards,Andy Mac
Change is inevitable, growth is optional.
Similar Threads
-
I made this 14 years ago, still looking great
By doug the slug in forum WOODWORK PICSReplies: 6Last Post: 30th April 2006, 07:44 PM -
motor insurance Australia
By jow104 in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORKReplies: 35Last Post: 22nd March 2006, 06:34 PM -
Redgum Fence gone grey (only 3 years old)
By cheeky0_10 in forum WOODWORK - GENERALReplies: 7Last Post: 21st November 2005, 10:04 AM -
from the arkives
By popawisky in forum WOODIES JOKESReplies: 0Last Post: 24th May 2005, 12:01 AM -
What is two years of your time worth?
By journeyman Mick in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORKReplies: 26Last Post: 18th November 2004, 10:26 AM