Vicky Carroll
Landon#TIL In the 1830s the Swedish planted oak trees with the intent to harvest for future naval ships. But they didn't need them, so the trees still stand today.
Visingsö Oak Forest: a forest of immensely tall and unusually straight trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never existed
Oak has traditionally been used in shipbuilding since centuries, as its wood is incredibly strong, and if tended just right, the grain is straight and true. Going back even to the Vikings, the slow…