ot: plant a tree

[thwart]

Surprising benefits of living in an area with abundant trees.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart...ows-rcna168214

[buddybikes]

Great! Our 8 mature oaks (85+ yo) in our yard will be happy (as well as us) to know this.

In our town, a 200 year old silver maple chopped for house addition :-( tree was in fine shape.

[oliver1850]

I've been transplanting walnut seedlings to town that are growing in the road bank in front of the farm, but the squirrels dig most of them up and kill them. I'd leave the trees alone except the township road commissioner will cut them down when they get to a certain size - 10' or so. I have hundreds of them growing around the farm. There were only two when I bought the place.

[pdonk]

I live on a well treed (by urban standards) street. unfortunately, the trees are allover 120 years old and starting to show their age and need to be removed.

It is sad to see the change in our streetscape over the past 10 years I've lived on the street.

At work, the standard we plant to is 1 new street tree per house, plus additional trees in open space and other areas. So we are doing our part to try and provide trees for future generations.

[Louis]

Where?

My house:

[SlowPokePete]

Someone once said the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.

The second best time is now.

SPP

[redir]

Originally Posted by buddybikes

Great! Our 8 mature oaks (85+ yo) in our yard will be happy (as well as us) to know this.

In our town, a 200 year old silver maple chopped for house addition :-( tree was in fine shape.

Wow that's old for a Silver.

[bigbill]

Our place in Wyoming has Russian Olives which are an invasive species. The birds and horses like the olives and crap the seeds all over. If I cut off a limb and leave it on the ground, in a month it will have roots. Nice looking, desirable trees are harder to grow.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by thwart

Surprising benefits of living in an area with abundant trees.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart...ows-rcna168214

After living near them, the second best thing is to walk among them. Get outdoors. Get some exercise. Calm your soul.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

Someone once said the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.

The second best time is now.

SPP

Yep. I planted four yoshino cherry trees in my backyard earlier this year. Right now they're five feet tall and gangly.

I also transplanted a handful of rhododendrons babies...most are 1-2' tall right now.

I'll report back in 20 years...

[buddybikes]

Originally Posted by redir

Wow that's old for a Silver.

ok I could be mistaken on age, it was a historic tree in town. Give or take 100 I guess

[reuben]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

Yep. I planted four yoshino cherry trees in my backyard earlier this year. Right now they're five feet tall and gangly.

I also transplanted a handful of rhododendrons babies...most are 1-2' tall right now.

I'll report back in 20 years...

Staying in the back yard, and not venturing into the woods, I'm thinking about adding an American Beech. There's enough room for it. But I think they like to be near water so maybe down at the pond.

[oliver1850]

First trees I remember transplanting were white pine trees along the Hennepin Canal (now a bike trail) when I was a Boy Scout circa 1974. There have been hundreds since then. Fruit trees, conifers, and hardwoods. I've outlived some of them. Current issues involve white oaks and blue spruce. If they all die walnuts and mulberries seem to be pretty hardy.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by reuben

After living near them, the second best thing is to walk among them. Get outdoors. Get some exercise. Calm your soul.

One of the biggest problems with fitness is lack of trees. Much harder to “go for a walk” in certain environments.