On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:19:04 -0500, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

>On 4/28/2018 5:31 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Terry Coombs wrote:
>>> On 4/28/2018 1:34 PM, Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz wrote:
>>>> Ophelia* wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz"* wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone, let us all put aside this squalid bickering that has
>>>>> infested this
>>>>> froup as of late...all this fighting is childish and energy -
>>>>> wasting...
>>>>>
>>>>> It is ARBOR DAY, when we honor our FRIENDS the TREES...they never
>>>>> argue or
>>>>> fight or war with each other, they are stolid and stalwart and
>>>>> upright...they ask for NOTHING...could anything be more BLESSED than
>>>>> to be a
>>>>> TREE...a grand SEQUOIA...a hardy OAK...a loverly GINKGO...a APPLE,
>>>>> PEACH, or
>>>>> CHERRY tree...???
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember, kids, it takes JUST as much energy to be HAPPY as it does
>>>>> to be
>>>>> negative...happiness ALWAYS yields better results...on yer tombstone
>>>>> do you
>>>>> want inscribed, "I Died Old, Bitter, and Stupid", or "I Died HAPPY :-)
>>>>> "...so go out and say THANK YOU to a TREE today...!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyways, here is a lil' tribute to our friends the trees:
>>>>>
>>>>> "I am a large PLANT that can make all yer dreams come true.....I can
>>>>> be the
>>>>> Grand Piano in yer living room......I am the House that you live
>>>>> in........I
>>>>> am the handle on yer Broom and the Guitar you love to play.......I am
>>>>> the
>>>>> Paper you read or write on and I can provide your Kids a College
>>>>> Education
>>>>> or buy you a new Car......I can be made into Gasoline or be simple
>>>>> Firewood
>>>>> for a pleasant Family Evening.....I can be farmed like Wheat or
>>>>> Corn.......If you cut me down and use me, another Tree will grow in a
>>>>> short
>>>>> time to take my place.....I am one of the Resources that Man has
>>>>> available
>>>>> for him to use and I will be around FOREVER because Man has a LOT of
>>>>> uses
>>>>> for me......"
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>> Very nice)* As for negative or nastiness against me, I ignore it)
>>>>> Actually it makes me laugh at the pathetic attempts to upset me lol
>>>>> Big
>>>>> Fail)* Just Feeble** <g>
>>>>>
>>>>> Trees are much nicer than many people* I love them all)
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, Ms. O...!!!
>>>>
>>>> This weekend I am visiting a local Shakespeare Garden, a small local
>>>> park that already has some blooms (a few weeks on it will turn into a
>>>> lovely rose garden), and just generally perambulating about enjoying
>>>> nature's bounty...we've had a cold and even snowy April, time to get
>>>> out.
>>>>
>>>> And if you could be a tree, what sort of tree would you wish to
>>>> be...???
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ** Well it wouldn't be a pecan tree , people are always cracking their
>>> nuts ... actually I'd like to be a big ol' red oak , standing alone on
>>> the top of the hill . We really like trees , have many thousands of them
>>> on our land . You wouldn't believe how many people think we should allow
>>> the loggers in , they think it should be clear cut . Hey , the trees are
>>> a big part of why we wanted this place ! We heat with wood , and with
>>> care we feel we can improve the overall health of the woods by culling
>>> diseased , standing dead , and otherwise not-healthy trees .
>>>
>>
>> Red oaks are impressive trees. I have several.
>>
>> But White oaks are the giants. They have the most palatable acorns. If
>> you are starving in a forest, and you know what a white oak looks
>> like, you will be drawn to them, much like deer. Some species of oaks
>> produce bitter acorns.
>>
>>
>>
> * And when the whites are fallin' the deer are going to ignore your
>bait corn . We have several species of both white and red , plus hickory
>, wild cherry , red maple , and others . They seldom attain their
>potential size in a dense forest , but we've got some big'uns , most of
>these trees are between 60 and 80 feet tall ...

I've got a large stand of shagbark hickory in the hedgerow between two
fields, about a hundred trees, some about 100' tall. They are on my
back property line, when I was putting up No Trespassing signs it was
near impossible to drive in a nail.