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JimL wrote:
Now there's a double solution! Transform those "Christmas" tree farms into sources for paper! Talk about wasting natures resources, those "Christmas" trees are chopped down and allowed to dies in three weeks, then get tossed out. I always hated seeing all those pagan Druid symbols (evergreen trees) being mistakenly used as a Christian symbol. I have always refused to have one in my home (except in the form of fine paper or wooden pencils). (How's that for a screeching left turn off topic, and then back on in the last line?) In the deep South, they came up with a use for those Christmas trees after the season. Just tie a weight to the bottom and throw it in the nearest bass pond. It gives great shelter for eggs and hatchlings, so the cannabilistic ole' largemouth can't eat them. I suppose it would work in the North, but the culprits are probably pike or some other sufficiently Northern fish. |
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(How's that for a screeching left turn off topic, and then back on in the last line?) So, where ya going for Christmas vacation? |
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"Urban Fredriksson" wrote in message ... In article , [snip] In the south of Sweden spruce can be cut down when it's 60-70 years old. More in the middle and north (90+), a little less in the far south. If it's a forest and supposed to remain a forest/fir or spruce plantation, you basically have to replant as much as you've cut down. I wonder if it is all for IKEA. Hardly. I think paper and pulp is a much larger than wood and of wood for construction I'm sure houses is a larger proportion than furniture. Besides, lots of IKEA's products aren't made in Sweden. Paper is very cheap in Sweden compared with many other places. -- Urban Fredriksson Favourite pens and inks: http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/writing/ Hi Urban, is it possible there are tree farms in Sweden that you don't know about? Or did I get Sweden mixed up with some other Scandinavian country. -- Best regards, Free Citizen Fountain Pen Network A pen site run by the Pen Community http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet |
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Free Citizen wrote: Hi Urban, is it possible there are tree farms in Sweden that you don't know about? I think your description of what's going on in the Swedish forests was spot on. Mechanised harvesting, almost no spot in the country where a road is more than 5 km away (except from the mountains where trees don't grow) as almost 50% of the roads are private with no public funding (= mostly built to support the forestry industry). Or did I get Sweden mixed up with some other Scandinavian country. Danish Christmas tree plantations look a bit more like farms as they don't allow them to grow very high and they often only do Christmas trees. We have the same here, but mostly as a part of the whole business. (One smart idea is that when you've cleared an area of trees and planned where you want your roads, you prepare the road and plant spruce there, and a decade or so later when you need the road, you clear it and sell them as Christmas trees.) -- Urban Fredriksson http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/ To get rid of an enemy, make him a friend. |
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"Urban Fredriksson" wrote in message ... In article , Free Citizen wrote: Hi Urban, is it possible there are tree farms in Sweden that you don't know about? I think your description of what's going on in the Swedish forests was spot on. Mechanised harvesting, almost no spot in the country where a road is more than 5 km away (except from the mountains where trees don't grow) as almost 50% of the roads are private with no public funding (= mostly built to support the forestry industry). Or did I get Sweden mixed up with some other Scandinavian country. Danish Christmas tree plantations look a bit more like farms as they don't allow them to grow very high and they often only do Christmas trees. We have the same here, but mostly as a part of the whole business. (One smart idea is that when you've cleared an area of trees and planned where you want your roads, you prepare the road and plant spruce there, and a decade or so later when you need the road, you clear it and sell them as Christmas trees.) -- Urban Fredriksson http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/ To get rid of an enemy, make him a friend. So, my memory has not failed me. BTW, that's is a very nice Fällkniven F1. Is that the toughest tool steel in the world? What is the best price you can get for it including the sheath? -- Best regards, Free Citizen Fountain Pen Network A pen site run by the Pen Community http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet |
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