Falling pics 11/25/09

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A hobby of mine is growing colourful, predominantly or common, Northern species. Red Oaks, Acers, Liquid Ambers, etc (basically any Autumn show off). The seeds almost always spend a few months in the fridge, or sometimes the freezer, in sphagnum moss inside polystyrene trays to germinate. I'm trying to create a little slice of Virginia (well at least what I remember it like from what little I saw of it travelling through many years ago).
 
I like bashing on bunny huggers like the rest, but let's get the thread back on topic. Here is another vid from that same fire. The video is of my falling partner Glen taking down two trees. Both of these snags were leaning heavily into each other. The vid is just the back-cut on the second tree, he has already limped up the tree in front.



Suprized there was any fiber pull at all, I would have banked on totally rotten.
wish I could leave stumps that high, I'm jealous:laugh:
Good vid
 
A hobby of mine is growing colourful, predominantly or common, Northern species. Red Oaks, Acers, Liquid Ambers, etc (basically any Autumn show off). The seeds almost always spend a few months in the fridge, or sometimes the freezer, in sphagnum moss inside polystyrene trays to germinate. I'm trying to create a little slice of Virginia (well at least what I remember it like from what little I saw of it travelling through many years ago).

I have several flavors of Oaks and a bunch of Yews all over the little place here, the war dept planted a metric ton of fancy dead looking bushes so it looks either like fall or all the plants are dying year round.
 
We hit this arboretum pretty hard the first few years, squirrelling seeds from anything colourful.
http://www.eastwoodhill.org.nz/image-gallery/album/autumn-2012

Staff were great, and didn't mind that we'd walk out of there with pockets, sleeves, gumboots bulging with seeds and samples. We certainly entertained a few visitors in the car park, unloading and cataloguing our inventory. When every other option was taken, we'd have to shove seeds and identifying leaves down our shirts and underpants. The end is only just now starting to justify the means. Another 10 years and it should be something quite special, I hope.
 

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