New spade put to the test. Planted a blueberry bush in the garden, moved a spruce seedling from a hopeless spot by the forest road to my little tree school row and two more maple seedling to the backyard.

The little spruce seedlings are really hard to spot as the grass is much taller than them now. I knew there were several in that area but only found one.

The maples seem to reliably grow their taproot uphill, so when they sprout on a slope its easy to dig them out without severing it. The leaves are easy to spot, too.

#Forestry #Garden #Homestead #Maple #Spruce #Planting

#mwgic #2026 #Hair #Forestry #Trees

https://www.upworthy.com/hair-salons-in-europe-are-dumping-their-clippings-into-forests-and-its-miraculous/

The next talk in the DiscourseNet Seminar Series on “#Discourse and #Sustainability” will take place on May 29, 1–2 UK pm time.

Salla-Riikka Kuusalu (University of Turku), will talk about “Linguistic constructions of clearcutting in an online forum: Learning from polarised views on #forestry and forest conservation in #Finland”.

For more information on the Seminar Series visit: https://discourseanalysis.net/group/40

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A lot of people don't know this, but trees provide shade AND air conditioning ❄️

Please always be thoughtful when working near one 🌳

#arboriculture #forestry #trees #urbanForestry

Transplanted some maples that were growing in the ditch by the road. Technically not ours, but they get mowed down every summer by the road maintenance tractor, so I think they'll like it better out back behind the barns.

Maples here are really crazy. They pop up everywhere and race to height really fast. Even inside the crown of trees. Well adapted.

#Maple #Tree #Forestry #Ditch #Homestead

Friday, at long last!

Actually, my week flew by. I spent three days assessing a forest in North Highland.

The weather was at times really cool, then wet, then very warm; often all three in the space of 30 minutes!

The forest was planted on deep peat and , despite the wet and soft ground, I think they have a unique charm, hence I am sharing a few pictures that I took to jog my memory when writing-up my work.

#scotland #inverness #forestry